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The Court held that the Art 10 rights of Ici Paris, a French weekly, had been violated when it was ordered to pay 20,000 Euros damages to the singer Johnny Hallyday for invasion of privacy.
Art. 10 Freedom of Expression, Media LawArticles in: Art. 10 Freedom of Expression
Fiona Davidson v Dallas McMillan
August 6, 2009 | No Comments4 August 2009
This was an appeal from the Employment Appeal Tribunal. A tribunal involving allegations of sexual discrimination, and subject to a restricted reporting order, settled before the evidence was all heard. A journalist asked that the RRO be lifted. The respondents, a law firm, and the individual, B, accused of perpetrating the behaviour complained of, objected that she had …
Freedom of Expression and the Role of a Supreme Court
August 3, 2009 | No CommentsJUDICIARY OF ENGLAND AND WALES
THE RT HON LADY JUSTICE ARDEN DBE, MEMBER OF THE COURT OF APPEAL OF ENGLAND AND WALES
LEGAL BOUNDARIES, COMMON PROBLEMS AND THE ROLE OF THE SUPREME COURT
A JUDICIAL- ACADEMIC CONFERENCE OPEN SESSION 31 JULY 2009
The purpose of this short address is to make some remarks about the subject that our distinguished panel will discuss, that is, freedom of expression …
Standard Verlags GMBH v Austria (No 2) Application no 21277/05, 4th June 2009, First Section ECHR
July 11, 2009 | No Comments
The Court, by 5-2, upheld the domestic courts’ margin of appreciation in awarding compensation to the departing Federal President and his wife, herself head of the American department of the Foreign Affairs ministry, in respect of a newspaper article about rumours of marital difficulty.
William Walls v Procurator-Fiscal
June 22, 2009 | No CommentsUnsuccessful appeal against a conviction for breach of the peace both racially aggravated and aggravated by religious prejudice by Rangers supporter who had sung “The Famine Song”.
Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Art. 10 Freedom of Expression, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure