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The secret trial controversy - how open will this newly opened justice be?

As the dust settles after last week's Court of Appeal decision on whether a terrorism trial can be held in secret, there continue to be more questions than answers about what we know and what we will know.
5 minute read

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The 'right to be forgotten' case - Google right this time, ECJ hopelessly wrong

Neil Cameron takes a sceptical look at the ruling in the Google 'right to be forgotten' case
6 minute read

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Paul Weller and the Mail Online privacy claim - paparazzi, beware

On 16 April, Mr Justice Dingemans in the Queen's Bench Division handed down judgment in Wellers & Ors v Associated Newspapers Limited [2014] EWHC 1163 (QB), awarding Paul Weller's three children a total of £10,000 damages for misuse of private information.
6 minute read

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Field Fisher partner exits continue as duo head for PwC and Bird & Bird

Field Fisher technology star Stewart Room is departing for a role at PwC Legal, as it emerges that head of trademarks Mark Holah is set to join Bird & Bird.
3 minute read

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The president and the actress - what are Hollande's legal options over affair claims?

"It is no longer a rumour, just the truth. For the past six months, Francois Hollande has been meeting the actress, Julie Gayet, in her second home, nestled in a street adjacent to the Elysee." So began the seven-page exclusive published by the notorious French tabloid Closer last Friday (10 January).
6 minute read

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Handle with care – Hong Kong's new data protection laws in the spotlight

It would be an understatement to say that recent changes to Hong Kong's data privacy rules were a wake-up call for companies doing business in the region. The strict new Personal Data Privacy Ordinance (PDPO), which came into force on 1 April, has banned companies from using personal data in direct marketing without getting consent from the people being targeted. This threatens to curtail businesses' advertising campaigns and flood IT departments with opt-out requests.
8 minute read

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A chorus of cant – you can't trust newspapers on Leveson

I enjoy a laugh as much as anyone and the newspaper industry – and it is an industry – has done much to contribute to my mirth over the past two months with a series of pre-emptive strikes ahead of publication this week of recommendations from the Leveson Inquiry. Since I'm writing this the day before the report is issued on Thursday (29 November), what Leveson will recommend remains unclear, though the money has been on some form of beefed-up self-regulation with a statutory back-stop since day one.
3 minute read

International Edition

Media in a spin: how the Leveson Inquiry will affect privacy law

Will the Leveson Inquiry make a difference to press regulation in the UK, and where will it leave privacy law? Richard Lloyd assesses the results of the latest Legal Week Benchmarker, in association with Mishcon de Reya.
1 minute read

International Edition

McAlpine settles with BBC over Newsnight claims as ex-Tory pursues social media users

The scandal over a BBC report featuring allegations of child abuse by a former Conservative politician has placed renewed scrutiny on the legal implications of comments posted on social media sites such as Twitter. Following the Newsnight broadcast earlier this month, former Conservative Party treasurer Lord McAlpine rapidly became the subject of a number of allegations on social media sites, despite the fact he was not named by the programme.
3 minute read

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The BBC, Lord McAlpine and libel law

The past week has seen a series of extraordinary events arising out of a BBC Newsnight broadcast about sexual abuse in children's homes in North Wales in the 1970s and 1980s. This led to the wide dissemination of false allegations against the former Conservative Party Treasurer, Lord McAlpine and resulted in the resignation of the Director General of the BBC. The case gives rise to a number of interesting libel law questions and casts doubt on the appropriateness of a proposed new 'public interest defence'.
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