Publications 2002

Law Gazette

Media law

Friday 22 November 2002
Hitting the right tone
How many of us can recall our parents' retort when we protested at an unexpected chastisement: 'It's not what you said, it's the way that you said it'? Of course, sometimes we had no idea that the tone we had used would cause offence.
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Law Gazette

Media law

Friday 08 November 2002
Media law Defamation is not dead
IBC's annual conference 'Protecting the Media', is attended by private practitioners and in-house lawyers practising in the media field who attend to be up-dated on all aspects of media law. Topics include favourites such as developments in copyright, contempt and procedural issues, to new kids on the block such as conditional fee agreements and privacy and data protection.
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Law Gazette

Media law

Thursday 26 September 2002
Will the government watchdog bite media cash handouts?
The Gary Glitter case raised concerns about payments to witnesses, says Amber Melville-Brown The watchdog and bloodhound of society, chastised by an angry government threatening punishment, put its head on one side and raised its sorrowful puppy eyes as if to say, 'I won't do it again.
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Law Gazette

Media law

Wednesday 21 August 2002
Media law Beckham's signature - a sign of the times?
McManus & Others v Beckham
Victoria Beckham will have fond memories of the US given that her son Brooklyn is named after the New York City borough in which she discovered that she was pregnant
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Law Gazette

Media law

Thursday 06 June 2002
Gagging abuse 'rare'
The perceived problem of solicitors abusing defamation procedure by issuing gagging writs has all but disappeared, the Law Commission said last week…. Amber Melville-Brown, the Gazette's media law columnist and a partner at leading London-based libel firm Schilling & Lom, said she would be 'surprised' at any evidence of the use of gagging writs. 'Defamation, even after the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules, can be a time-consuming and expensive business, fraught with risks, and a claimant does not enter into litigation lightly.' … Victoria MacCallum
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Law Gazette

Media law

Thursday 11 April 2002
Media law By Amber Melville-Brown, Schilling & Lom and Partners, London Fair's fair - or is it?
Revitalisation of the fair comment defence in defamation cases The name by which the defence of fair comment is known is 'misleading'.
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Law Gazette

Media bible in fourth showing

Thursday 11 April 2002
Media law By Amber Melville-Brown, Schilling & Lom and Partners, London Fair's fair - or is it?
No, not I love you, but close - the media bible.
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Law Gazette

Legal Update - MEDIA LAW

Wednesday 13 February 2002
Responsible Journalists Required Loutchansky v Times Newspapers Limited & Ors, Court of Appeal, 5 December 2001
The defence of qualified privilege seems to have been as affected by the pull of recent cases as the tide is subject to the pull of the moon.
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