Law
Media law is ever changing and this index will strive to keep you abreast of developments in this complex and important area of journalism.
Our fortnightly column looking at the latest law issues, written by specialist media lawyers from Foot Anstey, also appears here.
June 25, 2007
Paper's victory means child can be named
A district judge has backed the News Shopper in its bid to identify a youngster who breached his Anti-Social Behaviour Order. The Bexley edition of…
June 25, 2007
Editors move on freedom of information
Editors are being urged to write letters to the Lord Chancellor about reports that the Freedom of Information Act might be delayed for several years….
June 25, 2007
Herald's legal win
The Evening Herald was allowed to name a teenager sentenced to 12 months’ detention for running amok on a Plymouth housing estate. The paper won…
June 25, 2007
Privacy, freedom and the law
Complex legal restraints on the press were explained at a law seminar for the regional press, where “gagging” injunctions and name-and-shame campaigns came under the…
June 25, 2007
Court victory for Express
The Kentish Express has won an important court victory for freedom of the press and its readers’ right to know. Jo Robertson, chief reporter of…
June 25, 2007
Discussion would have made duty clear, says MEN letter
The Manchester Evening News has been found guilty of contempt of court after writing about the killers of Jamie Bulger. Click here to read the…
June 25, 2007
Communications breakdown caused lapse
The contempt of court by the Manchester Evening News came about after an “inexcusable breakdown in communication” between newspaper staff, according to its lawyers. In…
June 25, 2007
Death charge teen named after press appeal
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June 25, 2007
Evening Post banned from naming youth
A judge in Swansea has banned the South Wales Evening Post from naming a youth who injured a policeman. The ban was imposed by judge…
June 25, 2007
Echo wins right to name teenage tearaway
The Lincolnshire Echo has won the right to name a teenage tearaway who was the first resident in Lincoln to get an anti-social behaviour order….
June 25, 2007
Ins and outs of law explained
The Newspaper Society’s annual editorial law seminar will take place in London on November 23. It is aimed at editors, journalists, journalism trainers and legal…
June 25, 2007
Court order "too vague"
A “vague” court order has been blamed for the conviction of two Sussex newspaper editors who appeared in court accused of contravening a Section 39…
June 25, 2007
Chronicle "on solid ground" despite judge's Order
The Evening Chronicle’s acting editor has been summoned to court by a judge who claims the paper is in contempt of court. The judge labelled…
June 25, 2007
Tagged curfew girl to remain anonymous
A Midlands newspaper has been prevented from naming a 12-year-old girl who was electronically tagged by the courts and handed a strict curfew. The Derby…
June 25, 2007
Legal minds apply themselves to editors' seminar
A day-long law seminar by Walter Greenwood and Stuart Patrick is to be hosted by the National Council for the Training of Journalists in November….
