Privacy law
Sir Fred Goodwin superinjunction partially lifted by high court
Injunction altered in court to allow the media to name Goodwin, but not the women alleged to have been involved or any other details of the affair
Posted by Joel Gunter on 19/05/11Details of Sir Fred Goodwin's superinjunction aired in Lords
Lord Stoneham raises question over gagging order under parliamentary privilege
Posted by Joel Gunter on 19/05/11Buscombe: PCC 'more active than judges' in protecting privacy
Press Complaint Commission chair Baroness Buscombe stresses body's pre-publication work, claiming that a lot happens 'below the surface'
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 17/05/11Max Mosley to appeal European court's rejection of prior notification bid
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the convention did not require prior notification, but Mosley will now take his application to the Grand Chamber
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 10/05/11Max Mosley loses prior notification bid in European Court
European Court of Human Rights blocks Mosley's bid to make it a legal requirement for newspapers to warn subjects of articles before publication
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 10/05/11Andrew Marr criticised by Ian Hislop over super injunction
Andrew Marr speaks of his "embarrassment" at super injunction which was lifted after a challenge by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop
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Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 21/01/11Justice Eady to be replaced as judge in charge of libel and privacy cases
High Court judge who has presided over many high-profile libel and privacy cases is to be succeeded by Justice Tugendhat
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14/09/10'Press outrage over privacy law is both misconceived and misdirected'
Stevie Loughrey, solicitor, Carter Ruck
Posted by Stevie Loughrey on 13/09/10Leading lawyer says UK privacy law is threat to editorial freedom
Investigative journalism and free speech will suffer from the UK's "creeping privacy law", claims Ken MacDonald QC
Posted by Laura Oliver on 08/09/10Public interest journalism should be focus of privacy law reform, say campaigners
Index on Censorship's Mike Harris says he welcomes the government's attention to privacy law but the focus needs to be the impact on public interest journalism over celebrity "title-tattle"
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 18/08/10Max Mosley continues fight for prior notification ruling over privacy stories
Former F1 boss argues that newspapers should notify subjects before publishing details about their private lives
Posted by Judith Townend on 21/06/10Injunctions and super-injunctions: an introduction
The Inforrm Blog helps make sense of the confusion around so-called 'super-injunctions'
Posted by Inforrm Blog on 19/04/10'The super injunction: an invention of imaginative lawyers and judges who have forgotten basic equity law'
Barry Turner, University of Lincoln
Posted by Barry Turner on 15/03/10Prior notification in UK media is not broken, says Jack Straw
Justice Secretary says he is sceptical about making prior notification a legal requirement
Posted by Laura Oliver on 19/05/09PCC must take stronger stance on journalists who break the law, says Rusbridger
Industry regulator needs to address handling of privacy cases too, says Guardian editor
Posted by Laura Oliver on 05/05/09Prior notification under privacy law is 'censorship by judicial process', says Hislop
Private Eye editor Ian Hislop warns of 'chilling wind' brought in by use of privacy law in UK
Posted by Laura Oliver on 05/05/09Mo George jury didn't understand libel trial, claims News Group lawyer
Jury in libel action ruled against Sun newspaper to favour 'little man', suggests Tom Crone
Posted by Laura Oliver on 05/05/09Paul Dacre: Statutory privacy law would have 'deleterious and chilling effect' on press freedom
Mail editor calls for parlimentary debate on Human Rights Act, but says no to statutory privacy law
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Guardian: Court of protection should be open to media, says leading judge
The processes of England’s most private court should be opened up to public and media scrutiny, the head of the court of protection Sir Nicholas Wall has said in an interview with the Guardian. The media has recently been granted increased access to the proceedings of the court, which makes decisions in the cases of [...]
Posted by Joel Gunter on 7 November 2011Jo Yeates' landlord: media responsible for 'extraordinary tissue of fabrications'
Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme Chris Jefferies, the landlord of Joanna Yeates who was arrested on suspicion of her murder but later released, tells of being 'very disturbed' by press reports after his arrest
Posted by Joel Gunter on 2 November 2011Guardian: Ryan Giggs launches legal action over NOTW phone hacking
Ryan Giggs is to sue NOTW parent company, the Guardian reports and reveals Rebekah Brooks has been shown evidence by the Met that she was targeted by private investigator Glenn Mulcaire
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 16 June 2011Guardian: Ministers agree on terms of reference for privacy committee
Guardian reports that the terms of reference have been agreed for a joint committee tasked with assessing the balance between the rights to privacy and freedom of expression
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 9 June 2011Independent: Poll finds judges 'too ready' to gag newspapers
The public has been described as having 'little sympathy' for people in the public eye who turn to the courts to stop embarrassing details of their private lives coming to light
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 1 June 2011Guardian: Hunt rules out new privacy law
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has ruled out a new privacy law after meeting with Justice Minister Ken Clarke
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19 May 2011Superinjuctions and celebrity privacy case numbers revealed
The Star on Sunday listed 50 anonymous and superinjunctions, while the Mail revealed the number of celebrities seeking legal protection
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 16 May 2011Independent: Max Mosley 'bankrolling' legal costs of phone hacking victims
Max Mosley, the former Formula One chief who won £60,000 in damages in a privacy action against the News of the World, is "bankrolling phone-hacking victims' fight against the tabloid"
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 5 May 2011Kelvin MacKenzie: Online makes mockery of super injunctions
Technology is "making fools" of high court judgements in relation to injunctions, according to former editor of the Sun Kelvin Mackenzie. Speaking on BBC Radio 4 Today on Saturday, reflecting on Andrew Marr's revelation last week that he had taken out a super-injunction to protect his family's privacy, Mackenzie said there should not be any such protections afforded.
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 3 May 2011Lord Lester 'not enthusiastic' about privacy laws
Lord Lester urged the newly-formed joint committee on the draft defamation bill not to try to tackle a privacy law within the legislation
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 27 April 2011BBC: David Cameron's concern about injunctions creating privacy law
David Cameron has expressed his unease at judges using human rights legislation "to deliver a sort of privacy law"
Posted by Sarah Booker on 21 April 2011Observer seeks to distinguish 'Operation Motorman' from the phone-hacking scandal
'Operation Motorman' investigated the use of a private investigator by the media to obtain personal information through a deception process referred to as 'blagging'
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 4 February 2011Daily Mail apologises to Matt Lucas over invasion of privacy claim
Matt Lucas received 'substantial undisclosed' damages and an apology from Associated Newspapers following an article relating to the death of his ex-partner
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 17 December 2010Mail Online: New high court injunction granted for sports star
A married sportsman has won an injunction from the high court banning reporting on his private life
Posted by Laura Oliver on 12 November 2010Vanessa Perroncel speaks out against super-injunctions
Vanessa Perroncel has given newspaper interviews in which she condemns both the use of gagging orders by celebrities and the tabloid media coverage of affair allegations
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 23 August 2010CMS report: No case for a general privacy law
The Culture Media and Sport Committee said there is currently no case for a general privacy law in its report into press standards, privacy and libel
Posted by Laura Oliver on 24 February 2010The demise of the superinjunction?
The over-ruling of footballer John Terry's gagging order by Justice Tugendhat may mean courts will be less willing to issue superinjunctions
Posted by Judith Townend on 1 February 2010Paperhouse: Jon Snow is pro-privacy law - 'tabloids are going out of business anyway'
Jon Snow welcomes privacy law, in reverse-role interview with Ann Widdecombe
Posted by Judith Townend on 28 September 2009Watch again: BBC Panorama - 'The Death of Kiss and Tell'
Last night’s Panorama on privacy law and its threat to journalism is available on BBC iPlayer at this link. BBC news story at this link. From the Panorama site: … “it is not only kiss and tell stories that are under threat, and editors fear serious investigative journalism could be jeopardised; Panorama investigates this growing [...]
Posted by Judith Townend on 16 June 2009Rebekah Wade's first public speech in full
The full Hugh Cudlipp speech by the editor of the Sun, Rebekah Wade
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Neuberger report: Media should receive advance notice of superinjunctions
Report by senior judge also warns press that parliamentary coverage that breaches injunctions may be in contempt of court
Posted by Joel Gunter on 20/05/11