Media Law in UK Law
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Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd
... ... This defence is available to everyone, and is of particular importance to the media. The freedom of expression protected by this defence has long been regarded by the common law as a basic right, long before the emergence of human ... ...
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Campbell v MGN Ltd
... ... were conjoined, because they raise a common issue as to the extent to which English law provides protection against the publication by the media of details of the private life of an individual. That issue arises, however, in a very different context in each action and we heard the appeals ... ...
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Murray v Big Pictures (UK) Ltd
... ... that David's mother has not sought to protect herself from the press, no doubt on the basis that she recognises that because of her fame the media are likely to be interested in her. It is also of note that the claim is brought on the ground that David is entitled to respect for his private life ... ...
- A and Others v HM Treasury (Application by Guardian News and Media Ltd and Others)
- Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd
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Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd and Others (No. 2)
... ... Wright into making further disclosures, would expose existing and past members of the British Intelligence Services to harassment by the media and might result in their disclosing other secret material with a view, perhaps, to refuting. Mr. Wright's account and would damage the morale of ... ...
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R v Howell (Errol) (pet dis)
... ... which I would admit would be in favour of those who engage in day-by-day reporting, whether for press agencies, as representatives of the media, or law reporters. It is well known, as indeed is deposed to in affidavits before your Lordships, that counsel and solicitors have always, and as I ... ...
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Khuja (formerly known as PNM) v Times Newspapers Ltd and Others
... ... Respondent (3 and 4) ... Gavin Millar QC ... Adam Wolanski ... (Instructed by Newquest Media Group Ltd Legal Department) ... (1) Times Newspapers Limited ... (2) Andrew Norfolk ... (3) Newquest (Oxfordshire & Wiltshire) Ltd ... (4) ... ...
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Re BBC
... ... The answers to these questions are of importance to courts, media organisations and individual litigants throughout the United Kingdom. The factual background ... 4 ... ...
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British Steel Corporation v Granada Television Ltd
... ... 8 The motion came before the Vice-Chancellor (Sir R. Megarry) on 11 March. He decided that no public interest in the media not being forced to disclose their sources of information at the trial of an action had yet been recognised and that there were insufficient grounds ... ...
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