Episodes
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Colette, Tom and Paul discuss the lengthy sentences handed out to five Just Stop Oil protestors convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance, and what we can tell about the new government's approach to free speech from its early actions.
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Colette, Tom and Paul discuss the fallout from Netflix's "true story" show, Baby Reindeer. Also up for discussion is the case against Trudi Warner for contempt of court, in which the Solicitor General is pursuing an appeal. Tom talks to Dr Kay Crosby (Newcastle Law School) about the case, and the principle of jury equity.
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Colette, Tom and Paul are thrilled to be talking about SLAPPs YET again, and also discuss Scotland's new hate crime law. Also on the agenda are mentions of the Princess of Wales' privacy, and what became of Science Minister Michelle Donelan's legal costs after she libelled two academics.
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Colette, Tom and Paul rake over the latest from the world of Media Law. This week, the UK government's new definition of "extremism" is up for discussion, and we get stuck into several high-profile political libel cases.
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Colette, Tom and Paul discuss the collapse of Donald Trump's data protection claim in the UK, Laurence Fox losing a libel case as both defendant and counter-claimant, and the Director of Public Prosecutions appealing to the Supreme Court in the 'Tory scum' protest case.
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Colette, Tom and Paul rake over some of the main headlines in Media Law from the first few weeks of 2024. We've got defamation cases at home and abroad, including further fall-out from the PPE contracts scandal, and the latest judgment against Trump in New York. Also, we discuss the use of copyrighted works to train generative AI programmes.
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Newscast! Prince Harry wins phone hacking claim against MGN by The Media Law Podcast
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Colette, Tom and Paul discuss the latest Media Law headlines, including the pressure put on the police by the (now former) Home Secretary over the recent Gaza protest marches, a proposed new law on SLAPPs, and the passing of the Online Safety Act.
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Colette, Tom and Paul are back for the start of the new legal term to take you through the summer's headlines.
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Colette and Tom round up the big Media Law stories of the summer, focusing on the Court of Appeal upholding a three-year prison sentence for non-violate climate activism, and an emotive Guardian article railing against English libel law.
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Colette, Tom and Paul get stuck into the Media Law headlines, with the recent allegations around BBC newsreader Huw Edwards front and centre. The trio discuss the potentially sticky legal situation in which The Sun may now find itself.
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Colette, Tom and Paul discuss the fallout from the House of Commons Privileges Committee report's conclusion that former PM Boris Johnson intentionally or recklessly misled the House, and whether any of Johnson's (or his allies') outbursts might land him in hot water.
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Colette, Tom and Paul discuss Prince Harry's testimony in his privacy claim against The Mirror for phone hacking, and Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith's failed libel claim against Australian news outlets that accused him of war crimes.
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Colette, Tom and Paul get stuck into the latest purported attack on press freedom, as well as the arrests of anti-monarchy protesters at the recent coronation of King Charles III. There's also time for a quick word on the 45th US President's latest legal travails.
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The team are back to discuss the fall out of the monstrous Fox News settlement with Dominion Voting, as well as the legal implications of chatbot interviews and responses and the recent judgment of Hay v Cresswell.
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Colette and Tom pore over the latest headlines in Media Law, including Prince Harry, Elton John and others' privacy case against Associated News. We've also got some potentially libellous tweets to review and thoughts on how to deal with camera phones in theatres, in the light of a recent nude picture scandal.
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Colette, Tom and Paul have at the latest headlines in Media Law, including Gary Lineker's (now lifted) suspension at the BBC, and journalist Isabel Oakshott's decision to hand over a cache of Matt Hancock's WhatsApp messages to the Daily Telegraph. There's also news from the Court of Appeal in Banks v Cadwalladr.
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Colette and Tom deal with the headlines, including the Supreme Court's decision on nuisance in Fearn v Tate Gallery, and the privacy implications of a new viral TikTok trend.
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The usual trio are back with the first Newscast of 2023 - and there is a lot going on! Amongst other things, we've got Human Rights Watch's warning that the UK risks being labelled a rights abuser over its new restrictions on political protest, the fallout from Jeremy Clarkson's now infamous column in The Sun about Meghan Markle, and former Tory MP Andrew Bridgen threatening to sue various people for libel.
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