Ireland: The Prime Minister who went to America to Learn to Become a Leader –...
As reported on Inforrm ex-Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Brian Cowen, is potentially pursuing a complaint against The Mail On Sunday for publishing a story about his return to education. Mr...
View ArticleIreland: I still know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen – Eoin O’Dell
This image, by Corey Seeman on Flickr, is the Monument to your Future Collaborators, on the pavement outside the Knight Management Center in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University,...
View ArticleGoogle, privacy and a new kind of lawsuit – Paul Bernal
Yesterday was Data Privacy Day – and new lawsuit has been launched against Google in the UK – one which highlights a number of key issues. It could be very important – a ‘landmark case’ according to a...
View ArticleIreland: I will always know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen – Eoin O’Dell
The image is a thumbnail of an apology printed in yesterday’s Irish Mail on Sunday; click through for a full-size twitpic by David Cochrane. It is headed “Brian Cowen”, and it consists of four...
View ArticleCase Law: Ambrosiadou v Coward: Final Injunctions and Third Parties – Sara...
One aspect of the long running, international litigation between Elena Ambrosiadou and Martin Coward has finally come to an end with Mr Coward agreeing to submit to a permanent injunction and to pay...
View ArticleIt’s not about what Mr Cowen did last summer, it’s about a fundamental right...
In writing his Inforrm post on the basis of a speculative report in a Sunday newspaper, Dr Eoin O’Dell was not to know that a Complaint had in fact already been lodged with the Press Ombudsman on...
View ArticleHugh Grant, Hypocrisy and Press Misinformation (again) – Eloise le Santo
On Sunday 17 February 2013 the “Daily Telegraph” published an article entitled, “Hugh Grant: Here’s the latest on my private life”. This disingenuous piece purports to highlight the supposed hypocrisy...
View ArticlePrivacy is not the enemy – rebooted… Paul Bernal
Today, Saturday February 23rd 2013, is International Privacy Day. To mark it, I’ve done a re-boot of an old blog post: ‘Privacy is not the enemy’. The original post (which you can find here) came back...
View ArticleMr Justice Eady to retire: some of his privacy and libel cases – Sara Mansoori
Earlier this month Mr Justice Eady presided over his final case as a High Court Judge. He is due to retire on 24 March 2013 after nearly 16 years on the High Court bench. For 10 years he was the...
View ArticlePrivacy, Monstering and the Press: the case of Lucy Meadows
On 19 March 2013 primary school teacher Lucy Meadows was found dead at her home. She is believed to have killed herself. The precise circumstances will not be be known until the inquest into her...
View ArticleLeveson, “secret arrests” and the rights of suspects: a question of balance –...
The Mail on Sunday and the Daily Telegraph are alarmed about ‘secret arrests’ – which, as usual, they blame on Lord Justice Leveson. The complaint concerns proposed new guidelines from the Association...
View ArticleNews: More on “secret arrests”– the Judges and the Sun
On 4 March 2013, a number of senior judges formally responded [pdf] to the Law Commission’s Consultation Paper 209 on Contempt of Court [pdf]. The response is, as might be expected, a careful and...
View ArticleCase Law, Australia: Sands v South Australia, No tort for breach of privacy –...
In a trial that ran for 55 days late last year and concluding in February this year, the plaintiff, Derick John Sands, has lost his claim for defamation, as well as other claims including a breach of...
View ArticleReputation and Baroness Thatcher, Deceased – Dominic Crossley and Aimee Stevens
The death of Margaret Thatcher has generated acres of commentary and reaction across all kinds of media; from Twitter to newspaper front pages to placards and banners. The reactions have been extreme...
View ArticleNews: “Secret Arrests” Opinion Poll: Public agrees with Leveson, ACPO and the...
There has, over recent, weeks been a substantial press campaign against so-called “secret arrests” with unanimous support for a policy of releasing the names of people who arrested, irrespective of...
View ArticleEvent Report: A Talk by Strasbourg Judge Boštjan Zupančič on Privacy and...
On Thursday 23 May 2013, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law hosted an event entitled “The Right to Privacy and the Freedom of the Press: From the European to Domestic...
View ArticleNews: Another survey shows that the public support anonymity for arrested...
The “Independent” has reported the results of a Com Res Opinion poll [pdf] which shows that 63% of the public think that suspects should normally remain anonymous on arrest. The vociferous press...
View ArticleNews: French President’s Partner Awarded Privacy Damages over “Three in a...
The partner of the French President, Valerie Trierweiler, has won a privacy claim against the authors and the publisher of the book La Frondeuse (“The Rebellious One”). On 5 June 2013, the 17th Civil...
View ArticleCase Law, Strasbourg: Ageyevy v Russia, Breach of Article 8, including right...
In the case of Ageyvey v Russia ([2013] ECHR 346) the First Section of the Court of Human Rights found a number of breaches of Article 8 in a case involving an allegation of child abuse by the parents...
View ArticlePhone Hacking, Leveson and Lawyers: the press demand action on data protection
On Saturday the “Independent” ran a story about a 2007 report from the Serious Organised Crime Agency (“SOCA”) suggesting that law firms, telecoms giants and insurance were hiring private investigators...
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