Law Commission recommends online reporting restriction database
The Law Commission has published its second report on the topic of contempt. The first report dealt with jurors and modern media. This report addresses the issue of reporting restrictions under section 4(2) Contempt of… Read More »
MOJ releases latest statistics on privacy injunctions
The Ministry of Justice has released the latest set of statistics on the number of privacy injunctions dealt with at the High Court or Court of Appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice, relating to… Read More »
Supreme Court rules on production order evidence
The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in R (on the application of British Sky Broadcasting Limited) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2014] UKSC 17. The case related to a production order obtained… Read More »
Attorney General’s Panel Appointment
5RB are delighted to announce that Christina Michalos has been re-appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel upon conclusion of her first 5 year term. The Attorney General maintains 4 panels of junior counsel to… Read More »
Paul Gascoigne settles privacy claim
The privacy claim brought by Paul Gascoigne against the Daily Express and the Daily Star has settled in Mr Gascoigne’s favour. The newspapers have agreed to pay him damages. By February 2013 Mr Gascoigne was… Read More »
Media law cases before the ECtHR
The European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber Panel has decided to refer the case of Delfi v Estonia to the Grand Chamber. The applicant appeals against the court’s decision that Estonia was not in breach of… 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The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched a consultation on draft guidance for the media on the Data Protection Act 1998.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 »
Judge awards Claimants £45,000 each
Mohammad Asghar, a Member of the Welsh Assembly, and Abdul Rahman Mujahid, a businessman active in the South Wales Muslim community, have each been awarded £45,000 following a trial in the Cardiff District Registry to… Read More »
5RB is looking to expand
In conjunction with our move to larger premises, 5RB encourages applications for tenancy from established practitioners in our specialist fields, and related practice areas. 5RB’s best-known practice areas are defamation and privacy, in which the set has recently been rated… Read More »
New edition of Gatley on Libel and Slander out now
The new edition, fully updated and revised to include coverage of the Defamation Act 2013, is now available. The editing team on the 12th Ed. includes three members of 5RB: Godwin Busuttil and Adam Speker… Read More »