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- Channel 4 Producer's Handbook – Media Law
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- HMCS glossary of legal terms
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- Inforrm blog
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Tag Archives: defamation bill
Law and Media Round Up – 29 April 2013
The biggest news of the week is that the Defamation Bill received Royal Assent and is now the Defamation Act 2013, three years after the publication of Lord Lester’s original Defamation Bill. Inforrm reported the news and context here; a … Continue reading
Posted in defamation, journalism, media law mop-up, media regulation, newspapers Tagged defamation act 2013, defamation bill, inforrm blog 2 Comments
Law and Media Round Up – 15 April 2013
The Defamation Bill is now coming to the end of its passage through Parliament. On 16 April 2013 it will be back before the Commons on “ping pong”, the stage at which the Commons considers new amendments made by the … Continue reading
Law and Media Round Up – 4 March 2013
This week’s round up, at Inforrm’s Blog. Contempt, defamation, court documents, data protection and more…
Posted in contempt of court, media law, media law mop-up Tagged contempt of court, data protection, defamation bill Leave a comment
Law and Media Round Up – 8 October 2012
Originally posted on Inforrm's Blog:
We are now a week into the new legal term, and while it’s still party conference season for MPs, the Defamation Bill will receive its second reading in the House of Lords on Monday…
A dearth of data about defamation cases in England & Wales
On Tuesday evening (18 Sept), the Law Society held a public debate on the Defamation Bill, asking the panel – including two QCs, a libel reform campaigner and an in-house newspaper lawyer – what they thought of its measures. Much … Continue reading
OFT closes investigation into whether companies using threats of defamation action “to quell legitimate criticism online”
The Office of Fair Trading has closed an investigation into “whether a group of companies, and solicitors acting on their behalf, were using threats of defamation action to quell legitimate criticism online”. It was examining whether that had been an … Continue reading
Law and Media Round Up – 14 May 2012
Originally posted on Inforrm's Blog:
A high-profile week at the Leveson Inquiry, with evidence from Rebekah Brooks, the MailOnline editor Martin Clarke and Andy Coulson (see Natalie Peck’s Inforrm roundup). As well as sharing David Cameron’s text-speak (lol), Brooks…