A decision of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has blurred the lines between professions and personal when it comes to the use of social media. A complaint by Councillor Jim Moher against the Brent & Kilburn Times was upheld by the PCC, which found the newspaper to be in breach of Clause 4 of its … Continue reading
New statistics released by two thirds of the country’s police forces have revealed that almost 2,000 children have been investigated in the last three years over comments posted on social media sites. Of those, over 1,200 were charged, formally cautioned, fined or warned following their online behaviour, including one aged only nine years old. These figures are … Continue reading
If you follow me on Twitter, you can’t have escaped the news that in April I was appointed as the Editor at Large of the Solicitors Journal. What this means is that I am even busier and writing more than ever. Below is my first editorial Foreword. Follow the blog to keep up with what … Continue reading
I’ve written a little about the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’. You can read them right now on the Solicitors Journal website Continue reading
A few weeks ago I spoke with Marvin Meintjies of the Sunday Times in South Africa about the impact the televised trial of Oscar Pistorius was having in the UK. Old and new media have handed over a huge amount of coverage to the criminal proceedings. Here’s what I had to say, as reported in … Continue reading
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