The Leveson Report
Emma-Jane Tritton explains the central points of the Leveson report and explores some of the reactions to it. Image courtesy of NS Newsflash at Flickr under a Creative Commons licence Lord Justice...
View ArticleWhy I Agree With Leveson’s Recommendations
Emma-Jane Tritton explains why it is necessary to back up a new press self-regulatory body with legislation. Image courtesy of NS Newsflash at Flickr under a Creative Commons licence The debate...
View ArticleThe Corpus of Reynolds Privilege
A published statement that is false and defamatory is actionable per se, unless there exists a circumstance or reason which would permit it to stand, notwithstanding it being false and defamatory; this...
View ArticleMalicious Prosecutions
We like to think of the police as the authority which protects us as citizens by locating and preventing crime. Most of the time, we hope that the police are acting lawfully in their duty of tackling...
View ArticleThe New Civil Procedure Rules Explained
On 1 April 2013, significant changes were implemented to the civil law of England and Wales in the form of legislation regarding the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR). The controversial Jackson reforms were...
View ArticleWhen Does Bullying Become Harassment?
Bullying is often associated with children, although this is certainly not always the case. Harassment can be considered in many instances as a form of bullying. The legal definition of harassment is...
View ArticleThe Right to Privacy
The English common law does not give any direct action for the invasion of privacy as such. [1] However, the protection of privacy is a value recognised by the law and underlies certain specific rules...
View ArticleThe Tort of Malicious Process
Malicious process is the civil wrong, otherwise known as a tort, which relates to the deliberate abuse of power on the part of the police. It involves the commencement of some form of legal procedure...
View ArticleJudicialising Warfare Or Giving Soldiers Reasonable Rights?
References in square brackets are to paragraphs in the judgment. Shorthanded as the ‘Snatch Land Rover Cases’, the Supreme Court has ruled that the families of three dead and two injured servicemen in...
View ArticleDeath in Police Custody – What Happens Next?
Custody can be defined as an authorised form of state detention. The term therefore includes: Police custody (if an individual is under arrest in a police station, or detained for the purposes of a...
View ArticleDeveloping a Tort of Privacy in the UK – Lessons from Canada
With the steady modernisation of the technology surrounding communication and dissemination of information, it is all too apparent that privacy is increasingly becoming an endangered species. Quite...
View ArticleThe New Bill on Dangerous Dogs: What Does it Cover?
Following several fatal dog attacks in recent years, new proposals have been suggested to strengthen the legislation surrounding dangerous dogs. Part 7 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing...
View ArticleStudying Tort Law: A Guide to the Consumer Protection Act 1987
Product liability has developed over the years. The famous case from which the tort of negligence emerged, Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] UKHL 100, was a product liability case. It recognised a principle...
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