by Judith Townend | May 27, 2017 | Comment, Consultations, Transparency News
According to the latest official statistics on privacy injunctions in January to December 2016 there were just three proceedings where the High Court considered an application for a new interim privacy injunction. Two were granted, one was refused. Two appeals were...
by Lucy R | Mar 3, 2017 | Consultations
The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) consultation on their Editor’s Code has just closed. We have submitted a response to that consultation. You can read our response to the consultation here. The response is a collaborative effort, but thanks go...
by Judith Townend | Feb 20, 2017 | Comment, Consultations, Events
The testing of online courts should not simply be about whether the technology works, said Andrew Langdon QC, chairman of the Bar at an event on 16 February hosted by the UCL Judicial Institute, ‘The Case for Online Courts’. He sensibly pointed out the ‘human process’...
by David Burrows | Jan 24, 2017 | Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch
On 21 January 2017 Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, published his 16th View from the President’s Chambers ‘Children and vulnerable witnesses – where are we?. This was accompanied by a report from Cobb J (dated 18 November 2016). This report includes...
by Paul M | Dec 10, 2016 | Comment, Consultations
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport is currently running a consultation on the future of press regulation. But how genuine is the consultation? Will they really take any notice of the responses, or is it just an opportunity for the powerful mainstream media to...
by Judith Townend | Nov 10, 2016 | Comment, Consultations, Transparency News
On 15th September 2016 the Ministry of Justice opened its consultation into “Transforming Our Justice System”. The 36 page document, accompanied by a statement by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals, sets out a...
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