20 August 2000 – When football hooligans run riot and inconvenience the general public, that’s news. No one in his or her right mind would contend that reporting the story is an invasion of the miscreants’ privacy. So what is … Continue reading
30 July 2000 – Prime Minister Tony Blair asked the press to stay away from the christening of baby Leo. The Press Complaints Commission Code of Practice explicitly forbids the photographing of children without their parents’ consent. So what happens? … Continue reading
8 March 2000 – Now that the case brought by Cherie Blair against her former nanny, Ros Mark, has been withdrawn, we may never get to know the full story behind the banned edition of last week’s Mail on Sunday. … Continue reading
By Sir Louis Blom-Cooper 15 November 1999 – The refashioning of the libel laws by the Law Lords in the case of Albert Reynolds v Sunday Times significantly broadens the defence of qualified privilege in disseminating information of public interest … Continue reading