Report by senior judge also warns press that parliamentary coverage that breaches injunctions may be in contempt of 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
Lord Stoneham raises question over gagging order under parliamentary privilege
Press Complaint Commission chair Baroness Buscombe stresses body's pre-publication work, claiming that a lot happens 'below the surface'
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
European Court of Human Rights blocks Mosley's bid to make it a legal requirement for newspapers to warn subjects of articles before publication
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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High Court judge who has presided over many high-profile libel and privacy cases is to be succeeded by Justice Tugendhat
Stevie Loughrey, solicitor, Carter Ruck
Investigative journalism and free speech will suffer from the UK's "creeping privacy law", claims Ken MacDonald QC
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"
Former F1 boss argues that newspapers should notify subjects before publishing details about their private lives
The Inforrm Blog helps make sense of the confusion around so-called 'super-injunctions'
Barry Turner, University of Lincoln
Justice Secretary says he is sceptical about making prior notification a legal requirement
Industry regulator needs to address handling of privacy cases too, says Guardian editor
Private Eye editor Ian Hislop warns of 'chilling wind' brought in by use of privacy law in UK
Jury in libel action ruled against Sun newspaper to favour 'little man', suggests Tom Crone
Mail editor calls for parlimentary debate on Human Rights Act, but says no to statutory privacy law
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 [...]
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
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
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
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
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has ruled out a new privacy law after meeting with Justice Minister Ken Clarke
The Star on Sunday listed 50 anonymous and superinjunctions, while the Mail revealed the number of celebrities seeking legal protection
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"
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.
Lord Lester urged the newly-formed joint committee on the draft defamation bill not to try to tackle a privacy law within the legislation
David Cameron has expressed his unease at judges using human rights legislation "to deliver a sort of privacy law"
'Operation Motorman' investigated the use of a private investigator by the media to obtain personal information through a deception process referred to as 'blagging'
Matt Lucas received 'substantial undisclosed' damages and an apology from Associated Newspapers following an article relating to the death of his ex-partner
A married sportsman has won an injunction from the high court banning reporting on his private life
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
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
The over-ruling of footballer John Terry's gagging order by Justice Tugendhat may mean courts will be less willing to issue superinjunctions
Jon Snow welcomes privacy law, in reverse-role interview with Ann Widdecombe
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 [...]
The full Hugh Cudlipp speech by the editor of the Sun, Rebekah Wade
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