Paul Weller succeeds in High Court privacy claim
On 16 April 2014 the High Court ruled that the publication of photographs of three of Paul Weller’s children on the MailOnline website amounted to a misuse of their private information. Represented by 5RB’s David… Read More »
Supreme Court: FOIA not only means of disclosure
The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in Kennedy v Charity Commission [2014] UKSC 20. The case was argued on the basis of section 32 Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), on which the appellant lost, as… Read More »
ICO consults on guidance for the media
The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched a consultation on draft guidance for the media on the Data Protection Act 1998. The guide has been developed in response to the recommendation in the Leveson Report that… Read More »
Law Commission recommends contempt exemption for online archives
The Law Commission has published a report making its recommendations for law reform relating to contempt by jurors and modern media aspects of contempt by publication. 5RB’s Godwin Busuttil and Christina Michalos contributed to the… Read More »
Matthew Nicklin QC to speak at corporate forum
Matthew Nicklin QC will be speaking at Legal Week’s Corporate Governance and Risk Forum on the 21 November 2013, Park Lane Hotel, London. Matthew’s session at 11am is entitled “Trial by media… the risk to… Read More »
ECHR: Liability of Website Operators for User Comments not a breach
In its 10 October 2013 judgment in the case of Delfi AS v Estonia, the European Court of Human Rights found no breach of the applicant’s Article 10 rights where the domestic court had found… Read More »
Mark Warby QC to speak at JUSTICE Conference
Mark Warby QC of 5RB will speak at the upcoming JUSTICE Human Rights Law Conference on 24th October 2013 at London’s Bloomsbury Hotel. Mark’s session is in the afternoon and is entitled “Freedom of Expression:… Read More »
DPP unveils guidance on social media prosecutions
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer has issued guidance for the CPS on when to initiate legal action against those who breach UK communications laws on social media. The guidance comes after a number… Read More »
5RB silks at 2013 Oxford International Media Moot
For the second year, 3 QCs from 5RB were among the judges at Oxford University’s Price International Media Law Moot Court. Joint Heads of Chambers Desmond Browne QC and Mark Warby QC were joined by former… Read More »
Times contempt challenge ruled inadmissible
A seven judge chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously ruled Seckerson and The Times Newspapers Limited v the United Kingdom (application nos. 32844/10 and 33510/10) inadmissible. Mr Seckerson was the foreman… Read More »