‘A judge broke with tradition by using a mobile phone in court to solve an administrative problem. Lawyers have praised Judge Richard Todd, a divorce court judge, who had a conversation with an office clerk in a bid to avoid a delay while overseeing a High Court case.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Britain’s advertising watchdog is being taken to the High Court over claims its lax definition of “fibre” broadband means customers are being hoodwinked into buying slow internet packages.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A crackdown on mobile phone use at the wheel has cut the number of offences by half, new figures show.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A London borough wrongly interpreted the General Permitted Development Order on the siting of radio masts, the High Court has said. Granting an application for judicial review brought by local resident Nigel Mawbey, Lang J said the London Borough of Lewisham had been wrong when it gave permission to Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure to erect the masts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th February 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Formal bidding for spectrum identified as central to ‘4G’ and future ‘5G’ services in the UK is set to commence after the Court of Appeal rejected a legal challenge against the rules set for the auction.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th February 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The number of people found guilty of using a mobile phone at the wheel has plummeted, prompting warnings from the RAC that a drop in traffic officers means fewer offenders are being caught.’
The Independent, 11th February 2018
Source: www.independent.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
‘The government yesterday rejected criticism that its proposed ban on cold-calling did not go far enough and voted it into the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill.’
Legal Futures, 7th February 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘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
‘By April 2018, all online pornographic content in the UK will be controlled by mandatory age-verification controls under the Digital Economy Act.’
Rights Info, 29th January 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘The Government has now published a response to its consultation the Network and Information Security Directive (also known as the Cybersecurity Directive). We provided feedback to the consultation back in September on many of the points addressed in the response, and welcome some valuable improvements to the proposals.’
Technology Law Update, 29th January 2018
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘The government was accused yesterday of “pulling its punches” and “shilly shallying” over introducing a ban on cold-calling for personal injury (PI) claims.’
Legal Futures, 23rd January 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A PPI company that made 75 million nuisance calls in just four months has been fined £350,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The director of Miss-sold Products UK Ltd will not face any punishment despite the company he ran “blatantly ignoring the law” because of shortcomings in existing legislation, the ICO said on Wednesday.’
The Independent, 17th January 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Phones 4u has dealt a blow to Britain’s biggest mobile operator from beyond the grave, winning a key battle in a long campaign by its administrators to extract £120m in unpaid commission from EE.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office has imposed a £400,000 fine on mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse following a 2015 cyber attack. Originating from an IP address in Vietnam, the hack went on for 15 days before detection. It exposed the personal data of more than three million customers and 1,000 members of staff.’
Technology Law Update, 11th January 2018
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘A woman who was murdered by her ex-lover was left without means of calling for help because police had seized her phone days earlier, a report has said.’
BBC News, 8th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘British consumers were bombarded with 2.2bn nuisance phone calls and texts from pensions, PPI and cash-for-crash claims firms last year, according to an analysis of Ofcom data.’
The Guardian, 8th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Mobile network Three was accused of holding up plans to bolster Britain’s mobile phone airwaves today after it sought an appeal following an unsuccessful legal challenge against Ofcom.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The UK government wants to modify its ban on using mobile phones behind the wheel to allow drivers to use automatic parking devices.’
BBC News, 19th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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