‘The press regulator has ruled the Times “distorted” its coverage of a five-year-old Christian girl who was placed with Muslim foster carers.’
BBC News, 25th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The legal battle between Sir Cliff Richard and the BBC has begun in the High Court. In August 2014, police raided Sir Cliff’s home based on an allegation of historic child sexual abuse. The BBC broadcast live footage of the raid filmed from a helicopter. The singer was interviewed under caution, but never charged. Sir Cliff alleges that the BBC’s coverage of the police raid on his home was a serious invasion of his right to privacy, for which there was no lawful justification. He also alleges breaches of his data protection rights. The singer seeks substantial general damages, plus £278,000 for legal costs, over £108,000 for PR fees which he spent in order to rebuild his reputation, and an undisclosed sum relating to the cancellation of his autobiography’s publication. He began giving evidence on the first day of the hearing.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd April 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Ofcom has opened seven investigations into Russia Today, in light of the Salisbury nerve agent attack which took place in March.’
BBC News, 18th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘I’ve represented Doreen Lawrence since her son’s murder. The attack on her by a former detective in a BBC documentary makes us feel betrayed about the Met’s attitude to racism.’
The Guardian, 18th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘It’s one of the cardinal rules of court procedure: once you’ve entered the witness box and started to give evidence, you mustn’t discuss the case with anyone outside court, if there’s a break in the proceedings, until you’ve finished giving evidence.’
Transparency Project, 15th April 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has been hit with a £120,000 monetary penalty by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after the council unlawfully identified 943 people who owned vacant properties in the borough.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th April 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A journalist should generally be entitled to obtain copies of documentation lodged with the tribunal as part of a tax appeal, including the grounds of appeal and the response of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the Upper Tribunal (UT) has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th April 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘When South Yorkshire Police raided Sir Cliff Richard’s home in August 2014, he was in Portugal, but the BBC was outside, with a helicopter standing by.’
BBC News, 12th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Family Justice Council recently held its Bridget Lindley Memorial Lecture which looked at the impact of social media on the family justice system and family law journalism.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 29th March 2018
‘The public inquiry into media ethics following the phone-hacking scandal of 2011 will not be concluded in full. Why is this happening, and what does it mean for freedom of speech and our right to privacy?’
RightsInfo, 4th April 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘We’ve written before about cases where we wished we’d been present alongside journalists to report on a case, to see if we saw the same things, or selected the same information to report. And we’ve regularly challenged, corrected or explained not very good reporting by journalists – some of whom have been in court and some of whom are reporting on the basis of published judgments or information from one or other of the parties.’
Transparency Project, 4th April 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘A UK tax tribunal has ruled that digital versions of daily newspapers should be subject to VAT, unlike printed editions containing the same content.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th March 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Secrecy in family courts could be allowing judges to get away with mistakes, the most senior family judge in England and Wales has said. Speaking at an event on Tuesday evening, Sir James Munby, president of the high court’s family division, said that judges were “grotesquely overworked” and “tired” and so more likely to make errors.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The culture secretary, Matt Hancock, confirmed on Thursday that the government would drop plans for the second phase of the Leveson inquiry into press standards launched in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.’
The Guardian, 1st March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Parties in defamation cases seeking hearings of preliminary issues can expect more active case management by courts, including requirements to set out their anticipated legal costs, a media law expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th February 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Channel 5 has been ordered to pay a couple £10,000 each for the distress of broadcasting them being evicted.’
BBC News, 22nd February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Max Mosley, the former head of Formula 1, has been accused of trying to gag the media, using data protection laws to “erase” his notorious sexual history.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘UK prime minister Theresa May has commissioned a review into current legislation on “offensive online communications”.’
OUT-LAW.com, 8th February 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Senior figures at Mirror Group newspapers “condoned, encouraged or turned a blind eye” to a decade of widespread phone hacking and unlawful intrusion by its journalists, it has been admitted.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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