CMS report: No case for a general privacy law
As part of its report into press standards, privacy and libel, the Culture Media and Sport Committee had said there is currently no case for a general privacy law. “Since the passage of the Human...
View ArticleSolicitor Mark Lewis considering legal action against PCC
Mark Lewis, the solicitor who represented the head of the Professional Footballers Association, Gordon Taylor, in the News International phone hacking case, is considering taking legal action against...
View ArticleYour guide to the CMS report on press standards, privacy and libel
It’s been going on for a year, but the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has finally published its report into press standards, privacy and libel in the UK. You can read the 169-page report in...
View ArticleCMS Report: News International claims party-politics make report on phone...
The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee’s report into press standards, privacy and libel has some pretty damning things to say about journalism and management at News International, following...
View ArticleSimon Singh update: senior judge baffled by ‘artificiality’ of case
Science writer Simon Singh, who is currently being sued by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) went to the court of appeal on Tuesday, to challenge an earlier ruling by Justice Eady. Index on...
View ArticleMediaGuardian: Heat back on Andy Coulson
More from the Guardian on News of the World phone hacking and blagging. The story certainly hasn’t ended with the publication of the Culture, Media and Sport committee report, released yesterday. Nick...
View ArticleAlan Rusbridger: ‘Weak press self-regulation threatens decent journalism’
“Once again weakness by the regulator has led to people calling for tougher sanctions against journalism,” Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger argued at today’s press self-regulation debate in the House of...
View ArticleThe police’s “narrow” approach to phone hacking: not a crime if message had...
Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger raised what he said was a little known fact about phone hacking evidence, in yesterday’s press regulation debate in the House of Lords. He had been told by Metropolitan...
View ArticleYour guide to the CMS Report on the Future for Local and Regional Media
The UK parliament’s cross-party Culture, Media and Sport Committee published the results of its year-long inquiry into the state and future of local and regional UK media today, calling for greater...
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