Law and Media Round Up – 29 April 2013

The biggest news of the week is that the Defamation Bill received Royal Assent and is now the Defamation Act 2013, three years after the publication of Lord Lester’s original Defamation Bill. Inforrm reported the news and context here; a commentary by Jo Glanville, director of English PEN, can be found here. Robert Sharp, also of English PEN, has dissected some of the detail here and here. A report in Belfast Telegraph reports that Index on Censorship is questioning Stormont’s decision to block the Act from becoming law in Northern Ireland.

Law and Media Round Up – 25 March 2013

Last week’s round up came just ahead of the announcement that all three parties had come to an agreement on a Royal Charter [PDF] with accompanying statute. Provisions relating to costs and exemplary damages were inserted into the Crime and Courts Bill, which will be considered by the House of Lords this week (see “In Parliament” below). An amendment was made to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill to protect certain future Royal Charters against being changed by the Privy Council without Parliamentary approval.

Law and Media Round Up – 11 March 2013 [updated]

Two former police officers, an ex-prison officer and another public official have admitted selling information to the Sun. These are the first accused to plead guilty in relation to the investigation into alleged illegal payments by journalists, as reported by Inforrm here.

Journalisted, week ending 3 March 2013, Eastleigh, The Oscars and riots in Bangladesh

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Journalisted, week ending 24 February 2013, Pistorius bail, Moody’s downgrade and Child poverty

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Law and Media Round Up – 11 February 2013

In a judgment handed down on 4 February 2013 ([2013] EWHC 145 (QB)) Mr Justice Eady awarded the former Conservative Party treasurer, Peter Cruddas, defamation damages of £45,000 in respect of 9 blogs and 12 tweets by published by lobbyist Mark Adams. Inforrm reported here.

Journalisted, week ending 3 February 2013, Stalingrad anniversary, HS2 plans and Nuclear storage

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Law and Media Round Up – 4 February 2013

The last week of January brought a number of interesting media law developments, following a fairly quiet start to 2013. Inforrm has picked up pace too, with posts covering a range of noteworthy judgments (see below).

Journalisted Weekly, week ending 13 January 2012: Olympics, Leveson and Diamond Jubilee

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Law and Media Round Up – 30 July 2012

This is the final Inforrm Law and Media Round Up before the summer.  The Parliamentary recess has begun and the Trinity legal term ends tomorrow – the Michaelmas legal term does not start until October.   Over the next couple of months the courts and parliament will be quiet and Inforrm will be taking a summer break.