Articles: January, 2010

Rod Liddle: does he care?

January 22, 2010

Anyone would think that the good folk at the Guardian don’t like Rod Liddle. If doesn’t require forensic analysis to read this story and conclude that were an early day motion condemning Liddle and his prospective editorship of the Independent to be lodged by Diane Abbot MP, it would be most welcome by Messrs Greenslade [...]

Eady to open privacy conference

January 21, 2010

We learn that Mr Justice Eady is to open a conference on privacy next month.
Entitled ‘Privacy and the Individual’, it is being held on 13 February at the University of Kent from 10am to 4.30pm.
Rumours that Paul Dacre, the editor of the Daily Mail, is planning on attending so as to slip a Valentine’s Day [...]

Litigation. One way of making money from the internet?

January 21, 2010

Ever since the dawn of time – well, perhaps a bit more recently but never mind – one question above all else has preoccupied businessmen, philosophers, entrepreneurs, media moguls, lawyers and even the occasional writer. It is this: how to make money out of the internet?
As pay walls for national newspapers loom and social media [...]

Hourly rates to go up in success fee quid pro quo?

January 20, 2010

Before uncorking the champagne at the news that success fees in libel claims are to be slashed by 90%, the anti-libel brigade should pause to reflect on a possible response by their foes.
Surely the evil libel lawyers will simply raise their hourly rates?

Online data protection for children and teenagers

January 19, 2010

Online safety and data protection for young people has frequently made headlines in recent months. Ed Balls was just this weekend drawn into a cyberbullying row, as the Daily Telegraph reports here. We thought readers might like to hear about a forthcoming campaign and event designed to highlight and combat some of the challenges facing [...]