Rooney book libel case settles
Everton manager David Moyes has today settled his libel claim against England footballer Wayne Rooney, writer Hunter Davies and publisher HarperCollins over allegations in Rooney’s autobiography. ‘Wayne Rooney – My Story So Far’, written… Read More »
New Anti-Doping Advisor qualifies
5RB’s Christina Michalos has been certified by UK Sport as an accredited Anti-Doping Advisor under the “100% Me” programme. UK Sport is the UK’s National Anti-Doping Organization under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code. The 100% Me Programme is an athlete-centred… Read More »
Newspapers fined by French court
Two British newspaper publishers have been fined in French courts because articles on their websites violated French privacy laws. Olivier Martinez, ex-boyfriend of Kylie Minogue, sued Mirror Group Newspapers and Associated Newspapers for infringement of… Read More »
Boris Johnson lodges privacy complaint
The new Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has lodged a privacy complaint with the Press Complaints Commission after The London Paper yesterday published photographs of his children on a family holiday in Turkey. Mr Johnson… Read More »
Magazine in trouble over payment offer
Weekly magazine Full House has been found in breach of the press regulator’s Code of Practice after a journalist offered money to a witness in a criminal trial in an attempt to secure an interview. The incident happened during the trial of Kate Knight,… Read More »
Ofcom clears C4’s BB of unfairness
Ofcom has rejected a complaint from a former Big Brother contestant who claimed that the show had been edited to “humiliate and misrepresent her”. Dawn Blake, who appeared in the seventh series of the hit… Read More »
Online and privacy complaints to PCC on the rise
The Press Complaints Commission has released its Annual Report for 2007, revealing that it received a record number of complaints about invasion of privacy and that, for the first time, the majority of complaints concerned material published… Read More »
Kiss ‘n’ tell and snatched photos
5RB’s Desmond Browne QC addressed the Chancery and Professional Negligence Bar Associations at their seminar on privacy and confidentiality held at Lincoln’s Inn this evening. Mr Browne’s speech, entitled “Kiss & Tell Stories and Snatched… Read More »
Italian magazine wins in High Court
Libel claims brought against L’Espresso, an Italian magazine, were dismissed today on various grounds following a 3 day trial in the High Court. Two companies from the Atlantis World gaming group brought claims in… Read More »
C4 Dispatches wins ‘fakery’ damages
The makers of Channel 4’s Dispatches investigation Undercover Mosque have won a public apology and six-figure libel settlement from West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service after false accusations of TV fakery. The settlement followed… Read More »
Hurley and Grant win privacy claim
Actress Elizabeth Hurley, her husband Arun Nayur, and actor Hugh Grant today received an apology, £25,000 in damages and payment of their legal costs from photographic agencies Big Pictures Ltd and Eliot Press SARL for… Read More »
Survey reveals bloggers unaware of libel risks
Only 5 per cent of internet users are clear on their legal responsibilities, a new survey for solicitors DLA Piper has found, despite the increasing use of blogs, message boards and social networking sites. The survey, of… Read More »
ITV pays £5.6 million price for phone in scandal
In the latest development in the “phone in” scandal the broadcast regulator Ofcom announced today that it was imposing fines totalling £5,675,000 in respect of various programmes broadcast on ITV. The programmes found by Ofcom to… Read More »
PCC rules on roadside privacy and court reporting
The Press Complaints Commission today ruled on two topics of daily relevance to newspapers, the coverage of accidents in public places and the reporting of criminal proceedings. In the first ruling the PCC considered coverage… Read More »
Pushchair privacy appeal succeeds
The Court of Appeal today handed down its eagerly awaited judgment in the privacy claim involving photographs of J. K. Rowling’s son. The Court allowed the Claimant’s appeal, overturning the August 2007 decision to strike the claim out, finding him to have an… Read More »
Conference5RB 2008 Launched
The two years since the last 5RB Conference have seen important developments in media and sports law as the Courts have wrestled with the difficult balance to be struck between the rights of individuals to… Read More »
Air India chief wins libel trial
The jury in the trial of a libel action brought by an Air India executive over a 2006 Evening Standard article entitled ‘Sex Shame of Airline Chief’ returned its verdict this afternoon, finding in favour… Read More »
Football manager wins libel damages
The manager of Aston Villa and former Northern Ireland international Martin O’Neill has received substantial undisclosed damages and an apology from the publishers of the website football365.com for false allegations that he had “tapped up”… Read More »
Charity regulator reports privileged
The High Court has today handed down a judgment confirming that a defence of qualified privilege is available to a Defendant who publishes material on its website providing it is under a duty to do so and the… Read More »
OFT pays out over milk pricing investigation
The supermarket Morrisons has accepted £100,000 from the Office of Fair Trading after the regulator claimed that the supermarket had broken rules that apply to the market for dairy products and been warned over anti-competitive… Read More »