Source of contention | Media Law Journal
When - if ever - should journalists be forced to disclose their confidential sources? It’s been a hot issue lately. The Crown applied to court for an order requiring TV3 to provide Continue Reading
Campbell’s costs and journalists’ sources
"Even the judges know who Naomi Campbell is". At least Baroness Hale of Richmond does, since this is how she began her speech in Campbell v MGN AC 457, UKHL 22 (6 May 2004), in which she was a Continue Reading
Fast cars and journalists’ sources
In Sanoma Uitgevers BV v The Netherlands Application no 38224/03 (14 September 2010) (Inforrm's Blog | Index on Censorship Free Speech Blog | JuraBlogs), the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Continue Reading
The Irish Times goes to Strasbourg
Strasbourg is a beautiful city: it possesses a magnificent gothic cathedral; the Grande île is a UNESCO World Heritage site; and it is home to many European institutions, including the the Continue Reading
Birthday Times
The above image is the front page of the first ever Times newspaper, first published as the Universal Daily Register on 1 January 1785. From today's Times Online: The Times Continue Reading
The Irish Times should appeal the costs order to the ECHR – Part II
In Mahon Tribunal v Keena IESC 64 (31 July 2009) (also here (pdf) (to which I will refer as Mahon Tribunal v Keena (No 1)) the Irish Times successfully resisted an attempt by the Mahon Tribunal to Continue Reading
The Irish Times should appeal the costs order to the ECHR – Part I
In a classic example of giving with one hand and taking away with the other, the Supreme Court first held that the Irish Times could assert a privilege to decline to answer questions from a Tribunal, Continue Reading
Two journalists’ conceptions of source privilege
In today's Irish Times obituary of Robert Novak (pictured left, on the cover of his autobiography), there is an excellent summary of the Judith Miller affair. From the obituary (with added Continue Reading
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