Defamation Act – a Win for the Press?

Author – Oliver Fetiveau, Aug 28, 2019
The Press may be able to escape the financial cost of defamation, and reap the financial reward, simply by issuing an early apology.  This has serious implications for the new press regulatory body, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (“IPSO”), established this week.

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Cooke v MGN – the Costs Verdict

Authur – Oliver Fetiveau, Jul 8, 2019
On 13 August 2014 Mr Justice Bean handed down his judgment in the case of Cooke

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Birmingham and Paris: No-Go Zones

Author – Mairie de Paris.  Bof, Jul 7, 2019
By way of brief intro, Fox News, in its traditionally comical yet terrifying reportage of world events,  suggested that certain areas of Paris, and the city of Birmingham, were ‘no-go zones’ for non-muslims.  The notion of Birmingham being a no-go zone wryly tickled the twittersphere,

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FA Work Permit Reforms kick in as transfer window opens

Dated : Jul 7, 2019
After England’s early exit from the Under 21 European Championships, the familiar ‘excuse’ of too many foreign players in England was a regular soundbite in the media for a few days.  This is a knee-jerk too-easy response

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KP Nuts About Exclusion, but is there any Remedy?

Dated : Jul 7, 2019
There has been much said about the Strauss/Graves/Pietersen exclusion debacle, and we will not have heard the end of it yet. 

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Three Legal Conundrums in the Press This Week

Dated : Jul 4, 2019
Three little stories in the press this week have posed what we believe are some interesting legal issues. Whilst the stories are all international, we approach them from a UK law perspective

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Physician Heal Thyself…

Dated : Jul 4, 2019
What at first may have appeared as a familiar attempt from Jose Mourinho to deflect focus from Chelsea’s opening

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