Mosley v UK
Max Mosley has lost his case in the European Court of Human Rights, in which he claimed that the UK breached his right to respect for private life under article 8 of the ECHR by failing to impose a legal [...]
Privacy: Max Mosley is right
Max Mosley appeared before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee yesterday to talk about the exposure of his private life by the News of the World last year, his successful privacy action and the law on privacy generally.Mosley argued that [...]
Charon podcast: breach of privacy and the Max Mosley judgment
Charon interviewed me this morning about the Max Mosley case. We spoke about the development from old-style breach of confidence to what's effectively a British privacy law, with the new extended right of action for breach of privacy, and the [...]
The Max Mosley judgment
It's available now thanks to the lovely BAILII. I've not read it yet: but I'll post about it later today when I've had a chance to. From what the judge appears to have said it looks as though there's nothing [...]
Mosley spanked out of court
Gosh, what a legal week this has been! In all the flurry, I've not yet posted the judgment in which Eady J refused Max Mosley an injunction against the News of the World. Paragraph 4 of the judgment describes the [...]
“Prior protection”: Davies and Campbell are right
Alistair Campbell blogged yesterday about his appearance and evidence to the Leveson inquiry. He had plenty to say, but I won't repeat it - read the transcript of his evidence, and the statement he provided. What interests me especially is [...]
Privacy law: there’s no need for “clarification”
Following on from my post the other day about privacy and the notorious "back door", I'm surprised Lord McNally has been taken in sufficiently to propose new privacy legislation to "clarify" the law and remove some of its dangerous and [...]
Privacy law “through the back door”
I'm baffled by the prevalence of the belief among journalists that judges are bringing in a privacy law "by the back door". It's the phrase the Telegraph uses when reporting the fact that the golfer and Ryder Cup captain Colin [...]
News International and Tom Watson MP
The Culture, Media and Sport committee, inquiring into allegations about the News of the World's hacking into people's voicemail, is hearing evidence from its editor today; proceedings have been livened up somewhat by News International's lawyer's objection to Tom Watson's [...]
Reactions to Dacre
There's been quite a lot of blawg talk about Paul Dacre's speech, apart from here. I'm especially interested in Simon Myerson's good advice to would-be barristers about avoiding judge-bashing, as disrespectful of the rule of law and ultimately of democracy. [...]