Media

To what extent does the right to be forgotten apply to blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin and other ledger-based systems? Not only is it technically impossible but, following the end of the post-Brexit transition period, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) no longer strictly applies (although the GDPR’s provisions have been incorporated into domestic law).

Several celebrities have settled phone-hacking privacy claims against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), publisher of The Mirror and The People. 

Actor Johnny Depp has lost his libel case against The Sun newspaper for calling him a ‘wife beater’

Sentence length, protecting yourself against a burglar in your own home and the cost of the legal aid system are among the most misreported areas of the law by the media, according to research commissioned by The Secret Barrister

David Burrows on privacy, press freedom & the ‘Sussexes’

With a general election approaching, taking back control of your browser data is essential, say Moga Moodley & Malcolm Dowden

Family court judges should assist court reporters where possible, Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the Family Division has said.

David Locke reflects on the impact of the inadequate reporting of Paul Gascoigne’s recent court case

Michael Zander QC on what the press said about the judges after the Supreme Court’s prorogation decision

Post-Lachaux, how have the courts been confronting defamation & the serious harm test? Athelstane Aamodt offers an update