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10 Apr 2022, 4:56 pm
On 7 April 2022, the Attorney General was granted an interim injunction restraining the BBC from broadcasting a programme that identified an alleged MI5 covert human intelligence source (“X”), Attorney General v British Broadcasting Corporation [2022] EWHC 380 (QB). [read post]
4 Apr 2022, 8:00 am
The Sun has settled a defamation claim brought by an immigration solicitor it accused of “shamelessly touting” a price list of legal aid fees for migrants arriving in small boats. [read post]
30 Mar 2022, 9:59 am
” But Kagan asked Bennett for an alternative, narrower test, “if we decide to go that route. [read post]
20 Mar 2022, 5:36 pm
The UK Government has published a “call for evidence [pdf]” in relation to so-called “Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs). [read post]
13 Mar 2022, 5:13 pm
The High Court has ruled a class-action lawsuit against TikTok concerning children’s privacy violations can proceed, SMO v TikTok Inc. and Others [2022] EWHC 489 (QB). [read post]
6 Mar 2022, 4:02 pm
On 2 March 2022, Nicklin J gave an ex tempore judgment dismissing the libel claim in Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation v Burgis. [read post]
27 Feb 2022, 4:30 pm
The Attorney General’s application to have her claim for an injunction against the BBC in private was refused on 22 February 2022. [read post]
21 Feb 2022, 12:24 am
On 16 February 2022, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in ZXC v Bloomberg [2022] UKSC 5. [read post]
14 Feb 2022, 3:42 am
On 8 and 9 February 2022, there was a hearing in Vardy v Rooney before Mrs Justice Steyn. [read post]
6 Feb 2022, 4:18 pm
The journalist and former MP Chris Mullin is fighting an order under the Terrorism Act 2000 made by the West Midlands Police to reveal confidential sources related to his investigations into the 1974 IRA Birmingham pub bombings. [read post]
30 Jan 2022, 4:46 pm
Netflix is to face a defamation claim from chess grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili for a false statement made in the fictional series The Queen’s Gambit, which stated that Gaprindashvili “never faced men. [read post]
24 Jan 2022, 1:00 am
The case of Banks v Cadwalladr concluded before Steyn J in the Royal Courts of Justice this week, with Cadwalladr arguing that her belief that the “covert relationship” between Banks and the Russian government was reasonable; the defence of public interest applies. [read post]
16 Jan 2022, 4:22 pm
Ansari v Amini, heard 10 and 11 November 2020 (Julian Knowles J) This Round Up was compiled by Colette Allen who is the host of Newscast on Dr Thomas Bennett and Professor Paul Wragg’s The Media Law Podcast (@MediaLawPodcast). [read post]
10 Jan 2022, 4:01 pm
The Inforrm Winter Break ends today with the beginning of the Hilary Legal Term. [read post]
20 Dec 2021, 5:30 am
The Michaelmas Legal Term ends tomorrow and this is the final Round Up before the Christmas break. [read post]
13 Dec 2021, 5:32 am
On 8 and 9 December 2021, the settlement of 15 phone hacking claims against News Group Newspapers was announced in a series of statements in open court. [read post]
5 Dec 2021, 4:39 pm
The Duchess of Sussex has won the latest round of her privacy and copyright claim against the Mail on Sunday, with a unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal upholding the decision of the High Court ([2021] EWCA Civ 1810). [read post]
28 Nov 2021, 4:34 pm
Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has successfully passed the first stage of his libel claim against journalist Catherine Belton and publisher HarperCollins for allegations made in the best-selling book, Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On The West (Abramovich v HarperCollins and Catherine Belton [2021] EWHC 3154 (QB)). [read post]
22 Nov 2021, 6:34 am
In a statement in open court read on 15 November 2021, the Home Secretary has apologised to Dr Salman Butt, editor of Islam 21C, for a press release published in 2015 that falsely accused Dr Butt of being an extremist hate preacher who legitimises terrorism, and from whose poisonous and pernicious influence students should be protected. [read post]
14 Nov 2021, 4:21 pm
Google has won its appeal in the Supreme Court in Lloyd v Google, with a unanimous judgement that rejected the Court of Appeal’s ruling that compensation can be awarded for “loss of control” of personal data by reason of any non-trivial contravention of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998), without the need to prove facts relating to specific individuals. [read post]
