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  • John Hemming, sub judice and the public interest: “no abuse of parliamentary procedure”?

    Carl Gardner
    April 27, 2011

    Yesterday afternoon there was speculation that John Hemming MP was planning to “break a superinjunction” in the House under cover of Parliamentary privilege.

    Then, not long after 5 o’clock, John Hemming made a point of order in the Commons [update: […]

    Tags: children, freedom of expression, injunctions, parliament
  • Without Prejudice

    Carl Gardner
    April 22, 2011

    In Without Prejudice this week, Dr Evan Harris joins Charon QC, David Allen Green and me to discuss the “Twitter Joke” case in which Paul Chambers is appealing; David Cameron’s comments on privacy law; the Digital […]

  • ZAM v CFW & TFW: has John Hemming changed his mind?

    Carl Gardner
    April 20, 2011

    I posted recently about last month’s High Court judgment in this case, in which Mr Justice Tugendhat granted an injunction to stop allegations which were not even defended as true, and which Tugendhat J thought could involve an […]

    Tags: freedom of expression, injunctions, media law, parliament
  • Without Prejudice

    Carl Gardner
    April 7, 2011

    In our latest Without Prejudice podcast, Charon QC, David Allen Green and I discuss –

    • the government’s draft Defamation Bill, currently subject to consultation;
    • superinjunctions, so-called “hyperinjunctions” and all that, plus MPs’ use of Parliamentary privilege;
    • the Supreme Court’s removal […]
    Tags: podcasts
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