BBC settles Panorama libel battle – BBC News
“The BBC has agreed to settle a libel case, after a specialist fertility doctor claimed a Panorama programme had damaged his reputation.”
BBC News, 8th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: BBC
BBC programme broke law with botnets, says lawyer – OUT-LAW.com
“A BBC programme has broken the Computer Misuse Act by acquiring and using software to control 22,000 computers, creating a botnet capable of bringing down websites. A technology law specialist has said that the activity is illegal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and another – WLR Daily
British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and another [2009] UKHL 9; [2009] WLR (D) 51
“The BBC was a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 so that a request for information which the BBC claimed was held for the purposes of journalism, and was therefore excluded from the requirements of disclosure, was subject to the jurisdiction of the Information Commissioner and, on appeal, the Information Tribunal, even if the information requested was held for the purposes of art, journalism or literature.”
WLR Daily, 12th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and Another – Times Law Reports
British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and Another
House of Lords
“The British Broadcasting Corporation was a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which meant that all requests for information were subject to the jurisdiction of the Information Commissioner and, on appeal, the Information Tribunal, even if the information requested was held for the purposes of art, journalism or literature.”
The Times, 12th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
House of Lords rule against BBC on release of bias report – The Times
“A lawyer has won the backing of the House of Lords in his campaign to force the BBC to disclose an internal report on perceived bias in its coverage of the Middle East.”
The Times, 12th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Lords to rule on release of BBC Middle East conflict report – The Guardian
“The law lords will rule today on whether the BBC should release an internal report on its coverage of the Middle East conflict.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
