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Update

I’m afraid I don’t have time to do this week’s round up, as I’m busy with academic research and writing about Lord Neuberger’s new report on super injunctions. A report of the press conference will be appearing on the Inforrm … Continue reading

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Media law mop up: Mosley defeat; injunctions by tweet; and Wikileaks gag

The noise around super injunctions is getting louder, especially in tabloid quarters. But, as Alan Rusbridger said this week in his Anthony Sampson speech, the newspapers’ approach to the public interest is often inconsistent: “We sometimes send confusing signals about … Continue reading

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End of week media law mop up: Ian Tomlinson inquest; super injunction rumours; and Cameron defence of PCC

Since we missed last week’s round up, here’s a bumper crop with stories from the previous fortnight. Super injunctions are still on everyone’s lips, following a claim in Parliament that a serving MP may have sought one too; whether it’s … Continue reading

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Super-Eady?

This is pretty funny, via the Taiwan based NMA TV:

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The marred privacy injunction

It was no legal secret that BBC presenter and former political correspondent Andrew Marr had secured an injunction in early 2008, preventing newspapers from reporting details about his private life. But this week was the first time the private information … Continue reading

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Midweek media law mop up: Mooting, souped up injunctions and CFA reform

This week’s mop up comes in a snatched break at the The Monroe E. Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition in Oxford organised by the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy. There are 27 international teams of law … Continue reading

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Midweek media law mop-up: Parliamentary privilege; police leaks; and poppies

Merry midweek, well, practically end-of-week, to all. Superinjunctions should lead since one was exposed in Parliament earlier today… Media Guardian>>Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker Or as the Press Association’s Media Lawyer reported: “Sir Fred … Continue reading

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Chandler ‘super injunction’: ‘No public interest in breaking the law, simply to claim a scoop,’ says BBC World News editor

“[S]ome months ago, the family of Paul and Rachel Chandler sought what is known as a “super-injunction”, prohibiting the media from reporting any developments in their case,” writes BBC World News editor, Jon Williams on the BBC Editors’ Blog following the … Continue reading

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