Social exchange

Halsbury’s Law Exchange (HLE), in partnership with Eversheds, hosted a panel discussion on Law Reporting in the New Media Age this week. It was chaired by HLE chairman Joshua Rozenberg, with panellists Siobhan Butterworth of The Guardian, Katy Dowell of The Lawyer, David Allen Green of the New Statesman, Andrew Sharpe of LexisNexis and Adam Wagner of the UK Human Rights Blog.

The panel discussed how blogging and tweeting are changing the way law is presented to the public. Key issues included: why do lawyers blog, when blogging doesn’t pay? Can blogs and tweets be regulated so that the public aren't misled? Should jurors be shielded from the internet and restricted only to what is said in court? Would that even be possible? Who is liable for blogs, tweets and retweets that are libellous or in contempt of court?

See further at www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk.