The appeal court invoked the collateral source rule, which says damages shouldn’t be reduced simply because the victim receives benefits from other sources, such as insurance companies. [read post]

The big media law story of the week was the culture, media and sport select committee’s report into phone hacking [PDF] and one line in particular: its conclusion that “Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company“. [read post]