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15 Jul 2012, 5:10 pm
There were also reports of the evidence from Michelle Stanistreet of the NUJ (who urged the Inquiry to seize the “golden opportunity” to reform the press), Martin Moore, Roy Greenslade, Professor John Horgan the Ombudsman to the Irish Press Council (who said that press freedom was unharmed by Ireland’s statutory regulation) and Hugh Tomlinson QC (who also favoured a statute backed scheme). [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 5:37 pm
Another, more radical option is that which has been persuasively proposed by Hugh Tomlinson QC on this blog. [read post]
13 Jan 2013, 4:09 pm
There was an Inforrm post by Hugh Tomlinson QC dealing with this contribution to the debate. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 5:04 am
The UK Secretary of State for Justice, Kenneth Clarke recently released his government’s Draft Defamation Bill. [read post]
20 Nov 2011, 4:20 pm
The Inquiry first day also featured a statement from the Counsel to the Inquiry, Robert Jay QC, as reported by us here. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 4:04 pm
Referring in his March 2010 report to attacks on journalists in Afghanistan, the UN Secretary-General noted that: “closely linked to impunity and the abuse of power are attacks on freedom of expression, carried out by both State and non-State actors” Attacks on journalists are also attacks on democracy, for, as Richard Clayton QC and Hugh Tomlinson QC state: “the most persuasive vindication of freedom of expression is… [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 4:04 pm
Referring in his March 2010 report to attacks on journalists in Afghanistan, the UN Secretary-General noted that: “closely linked to impunity and the abuse of power are attacks on freedom of expression, carried out by both State and non-State actors” Attacks on journalists are also attacks on democracy, for, as Richard Clayton QC and Hugh Tomlinson QC state: “the most persuasive vindication of freedom of expression is… [read post]
17 Mar 2012, 5:35 pm
Hugh Tomlinson QC from Matrix Chambers and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism have put together a team lawyers, academics, journalists and others. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 4:30 pm
You could add a powerful, inquiring ombudsman to the PCC system (as suggested by Paul Dacre of the Daily Mail); you could set up a better regulation forum which would escape the cost and delays of court cases (Hugh Tomlinson QC); you could give the PCC statutory powers to compel papers to subscribe to its rules (Baroness Buscombe, lately PCC chairman). [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 4:03 pm
The top 10 posts of all time, in descending order, are: Top 10 Defamation Cases of 2017, a selection – Suneet Sharma Case Law: PJS v News Group Newspapers, Court of Appeal grants privacy injunction – Sara Mansoori and Aidan Wills How to avoid defamation – Steven Price Case Law, India: Puttaswamy v Union of India, Supreme Court recognises a constitutional right to privacy in a landmark judgment – Hugh Tomlinson QC Top 10 Defamation Cases… [read post]
28 May 2011, 10:48 pm
As Inforrm’s Hugh Tomlinson QC recently observed in the context of the impending UK reform: “The arguments in favour of a statutory cap on damages are not convincing and, taking account of developments in the law of defamation over the past two decades, it must be doubtful whether a statutory cap is needed at all. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 2:49 am
But as Hugh Tomlinson QC explained on this blog in January 2010: “Section 2 of the Human Rights Act 1998, requires a court to “take into account” any judgment of the Court of Human Rights in determining any question to which such judgment is relevant. [read post]
31 Jan 2022, 4:47 pm
The top 10 posts of all time, in descending order, are: Top 10 Defamation Cases of 2017, a selection – Suneet Sharma Case Law: PJS v News Group Newspapers, Court of Appeal grants privacy injunction – Sara Mansoori and Aidan Wills How to avoid defamation – Steven Price Case Law, India: Puttaswamy v Union of India, Supreme Court recognises a constitutional right to privacy in a landmark judgment – Hugh Tomlinson QC Top 10 Defamation Cases… [read post]
9 Feb 2011, 9:04 am
Editors: Dan Tench, Oliver Gayner, Anna Caddick & Laura Coogan (Olswang) Hugh Tomlinson QC, Matthew Ryder & Anthony Fairclough (Matrix) Administrator: Anita Davies UKSC Blog 2. [read post]
8 Mar 2023, 4:33 pm
The top 10 posts of all time, in descending order, are: Top 10 Defamation Cases of 2017, a selection – Suneet Sharma How to avoid defamation – Steven Price Case Law: PJS v News Group Newspapers, Court of Appeal grants privacy injunction – Sara Mansoori and Aidan Wills Top 10 Defamation Cases of 2020: a selection – Suneet Sharma Case Law, India: Puttaswamy v Union of India, Supreme Court recognises a constitutional right to privacy in a landmark judgment –… [read post]
22 Jan 2012, 8:10 am
Options for the future – Hugh Tomlinson QC Filed under: In the news [read post]
1 May 2011, 12:52 pm
Part 1 – Hugh Tomlinson QC “The Prime Minister has said that he is “uneasy” about the development of a privacy law by judges based on the European Convention when this should be a matter for parliament. [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 4:01 pm
He accepted the argument of Hugh Tomlinson QC (for the Claimants) that “in the world in which Google Inc operates, the location of documents is likely to be insignificant, since they are likely to be in electronic form, accessible from anywhere in the world”. [read post]
31 Jan 2010, 11:36 pm
Hugh Tomlinson, a QC at Matrix Chambers, said: “This is a welcome reminder of the rigorous tests that have to be satisfied before injunctions are granted. [read post]
13 Apr 2013, 5:11 pm
Concerns have been expressed by Hugh Tomlinson QC on this blog that this would be easy to satisfy and would significantly weaken the protection of the right of reputation in English law. [read post]
