by Judith Townend | Feb 15, 2019 | Comment, FCReportingWatch
This is a post by Dr Judith Townend, a lecturer in media and information law at the University of Sussex, with research interests in public interest reporting and freedom of expression....
by Judith Townend | Feb 27, 2018 | Comment, Consultations
This is an edited version of an article which first appeared in Communications Law journal, volume 23, issue 1 (Bloomsbury Professional) and PA Media Lawyer and is re-published here with permission and thanks. In 2012 Mr Justice Tugendhat, ahead of his retirement in...
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 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 Judith Townend | Jan 17, 2017 | Comment
The notion that justice must be seen to be done needs little introduction to either a lay or legal audience, but its familiarity belies an underlying complexity. See, for example, PNM v Times Newspapers, to be heard by the Supreme Court this week. The court will...
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