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The Coalition: our programme for government

May 20, 2010 | No Comments

The Conservative/Lib Dem coalition today published its full programme for government.  Chapter 3 of the programme, titled Civil Liberties states:
“We will be strong in defence of freedom. The Government believes that the British state has become too authoritarian, and that over the past decade it has abused and eroded fundamental human freedoms and historic civil liberties. We need to restore …

Art. 02 Right to Life, Art. 03 Prohibition of Torture, Art. 04 Freedom from Slavery, Art. 05 Right to Liberty and Security, Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Art. 07 No Punishment without Law, Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Art. 09 Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion, Art. 10 Freedom of Expression, Art. 11 Freedom of Assembly and Association, Art. 12 Right to Marry and Found a Family, Art. 13 Effective Remedy, Art. 14 Prohibition of Discrimination, Commentaries

In the matter of Guardian News & Media Ltd & Others sub nom Mohammed Jabar Ahmed & Others v HM Treasury; Mohammed Al-Ghabra v HM Treasury; HM Treasury R (on the application of Hani El Sayed Sabaei Youssef)

February 3, 2010 | No Comments

Held that there was sufficient general public interest in publishing a report of proceedings challenging a freezing order to justify any curtailment of an individual’s right to respect for his private and family life.

Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Art. 10 Freedom of Expression, Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Media Law, Misc.

Interbrew case: Protection of Journalistic Sources

December 16, 2009 | No Comments

The ECHR found that the Article 10 rights of the media- including the Financial Times, the Guardian, the Independent, the Times and Reuters- had been breached by the UK’s high court order requiring them to disclose a leaked document to Interbrew, the Belgian brewing company. The media had refused to comply with the order, saying that it would violate their …

Art. 10 Freedom of Expression, Media Law

BKM Ltd v British Broadcasting Corporation (2009)

December 14, 2009 | No Comments

[2009] EWHC 3151 (Ch)
While clandestine filming undertaken by the BBC with a view to exposing failings in a care home for the elderly might have seriously infringed residents’ rights to privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.8, it would not give rise to a sufficiently serious infringement of privacy rights to outweigh rights to freedom of expression …

Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Art. 10 Freedom of Expression, Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Media Law, Misc.

ISP Indirect Copyright Liability: Conflicts of Rights on the Internet

November 22, 2009 | No Comments

by Weixiao Wei (University of Strathclyde)
This article assesses the conflicts between the indirect copyright liability of internet service providers (ISPs) and other aspects of society, whether such conflicts are inevitable and how laws should be amended to achieve a proper balance between competing interests.

Art. 10 Freedom of Expression, Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Intellectual Property Law, Protocol 1, Art. 1 Right to Private Property
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