‘Another year, and yet more criminal justice legislation. The Criminal Justice and Courts Bill 2013-14 is going through Parliament at the moment, and it will come as no surprise that it includes new criminal offences.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 22nd April 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A man who swallowed a live goldfish as part of a Neknominate challenge has been fined £300.’
The Guardian, 22nd April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Solicitors organisation warns that too much valuable, intellectual property is in danger of being lost when we die.’
The Guardian, 16th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A police officer who allegedly sent more than 800 tweets criticising his force and called bosses “lower than slime” has been sacked. Tony Ryan, 33, was found to be the face behind @TheBritishCop – a Twitter account which claimed senior figures within Avon and Somerset Police treated “hard-working staff like garbage”.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘How can a society balance both the freedom of expression, including the freedom of the press, with the individual’s right to reputation? Defamation law seeks to address precisely this delicate equation. Especially in the age of the internet, where it is possible to publish immediately and anonymously, these concerns have become even more pressing and complex. The Defamation Act 2013 has introduced some of the most important changes to this area in recent times, including the defence for honest opinion, new internet-specific reforms protecting internet publishers, and attempts to curb an industry of “libel tourism” in the U.K.’
OUP Blog, 14th April 2014
Source: www.blog.oup.com
‘In Cosmetic Warriors Ltd and Another v amazon.co.uk Ltd and Another [2014] EWHC 181 Mr John Baldwin QC, sitting as a judge of the High Court, had to decide whether causing advertising to appear on an Internet user’s screen for products that competed with those of the claimants whenever the user entered the claimants’ trade mark into a search box amounted to an infringement of the claimants’ mark.’
NIPC Law, 7th April 2014
Source: www.nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
‘The European court of justice has declared the data retention directive illegal, torpedoing UK government schemes for the so-called “snooper’s charter” of wide-ranging collection of phone and internet data.’
The Guardian, 8th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A person who made protected subject matter available to the public on a website without the agreement of the copyright holder, for the purpose of article 3(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2001/29/EC, was using the services of the Internet service provider of the persons accessing that subject matter, which had to be regarded as an “intermediary” within the meaning of article 8(3) of the Directive. The fundamental rights recognised by EU law did not preclude a court injunction prohibiting an Internet service provider from allowing its customers access to a website placing protected subject matter online without the agreement of the rightholders when that injunction did not specify the measures which that access provider had to take and when that access provider could avoid incurring coercive penalties for breach of that injunction by showing that it had taken all reasonable measures, provided that (i) the measures taken did not unnecessarily deprive Internet users of the possibility of lawfully accessing the information available and (ii) that those measures had the effect of preventing unauthorised access to the protected subject matter or, at least, of making it difficult to achieve and of seriously discouraging Internet users who were using the services of the addressee of that injunction from accessing the subject-matter that had been made available to them in breach of the intellectual property right, that being a matter for the national authorities and courts to establish.’
WLR Daily, 27th March 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A teacher has been sacked after she called one pupil “cowface” and labelled others “feral” on Twitter.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd April 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government has announced an investment of up to £375m to modernise HM Courts & Tribunals Service over the second half of the decade.’
Litigation Futures, 28th March 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Pornography websites should require users to prove they are over the age of 18, a UK industry regulator has said.’
The Independent, 28th March 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman who tweeted the identity of the alleged victim in the trial of Coronation Street’s Michael Le Vell has been fined.’
BBC News, 20th 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK’s Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has been asked to investigate whether privacy rules were breached when data collected from hospitals was uploaded to cloud servers operated by Google.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th March 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A married benefits cheat who swindled £65,000 by claiming she was a single mother was caught after investigators checked her Facebook status, Exeter Crown Court has heard.’
BBC News, 14th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A soldier has been called a “disgrace” for posting offensive Facebook messages over the death of a three-year-old boy. Warren Butler, 19, from Carlisle, was handed a 16-week sentence, suspended for 18 months and ordered to complete 250 hours community service.’
BBC News, 11th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Teachers using social media websites should receive clearer guidance, unions have said, in the wake of several high profile disciplinary cases.’
BBC News, 12th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Much has been written on the mental gymnastics required by the Defamation (Operators of
Websites) Regulations 2013 (“the Regulations”) issued under section 5 of the Defamation
Act 2013 (“the Act”).’
5RB, 4th March 2014
Source: www.5rb.com
‘An abortion provider has been fined £200,000 for a data breach that revealed almost 10,000 people’s details to a hacker.’
BBC News, 7th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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