Scottish Human Rights Law Group

On Article 8, the courts and media responsibility.

November 15, 2009 | No Comments

a speech by Mr Justice Eady at the University of Hertfordshire on 10th November, 2009

“Seeking to balance competing freedoms can never be easy. Better by far, though, if those decisions are called correctly in newsrooms or editorial offices in the first instance. The courts are making it clear that they require media responsibility. They have given their steer. They should now be the place of last resort.”

That is a proposition upon which we can perhaps all agree. The less opportunities there are for portraying the courts as being in conflict with freedom of the press, the better it will be for all concerned.

To view the full text of this speech, please lick here

Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Media Law

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Formed in May 2009, the Scottish Human Rights Law Group is a non-affiliated, independent, professional network for those engaged in legal practice and study, in academia and politics, in campaigning and in the provision of advice. It exists to raise awareness and knowledge of human rights law in Scotland, and to provide a forum for discussion of matters of interest across the field. The group organises seminars and roundtable discussions on human rights and is accredited for the purposes of CPD.

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