Greenslade and Davies agree on dangers of enforcing 'prior notification' by law
Lawyers outline concerns with media privacy and libel law
Email database would have 'chilling effect' on journalism, says David Banisar
Former Telegraph legal editor discusses how changes to the UK's legal landscape in 2009 could benefit journalists
High Court edicts on privacy have left media in 'an unrecognisable place'
Charlie Beckett, director of POLIS
Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre claimed that Justice Eady has taken away newspapers' 'freedom of expression'
Editor defends 'honest belief' in Nazi theme
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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