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On 13 April 2018, the English High Court made its first de-listing order against Google LLC. The Court gave judgment after the trial of two claims based on the right to have personal information “de-listed” or “de-indexed” by the operators of Internet Search Engines (for the pre-trial hearing, see IRIS 2018-3/16). The two unrelated claimants, NT1 and NT2, who were anonymised, received convictions many years ago in relation to their business activities. The convictions in these cases are now “spent”, that is to say, can be effectively ignored after a certain amount of time under the terms of the...

On 28 March 2018, the European Commission published a Notice to stakeholders on the effect of UK withdrawal from the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, and the consequences in the field of copyright and related rights. The Notice on copyright follows a previous Notice on Brexit and EU rules in the field of audiovisual media services (see IRIS 2018-5/8). The Notice reiterates that unless a ratified withdrawal agreement establishes another date, all EU primary and secondary law will cease to apply to the United Kingdom from 30 March 2019, and the United Kingdom will...

On 1 March 2018, the UK Government announced its decision to formally close the Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press pursuant to section 14(1)(b) of the Inquiries Act 2005. As a result of the emerging scandal of “phone hacking” by the News of the World, a two-part inquiry was ordered in November 2011 by the then Prime Minister David Cameron. Chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, part one examined the relationship of the press with the public, police and politicians. It commenced its hearings in November 2011 and ended in July 2012, culminating with the publication of the Leveson...

On 22 February 2018, Mr Justice Arnold of the High Court awarded GBP 20 000 in damages to Shakir Ali and Shanida Aslam (the Claimants) against Channel 5 Broadcast Limited (Channel 5), for breaching the Claimants’ privacy and not satisfactorily obtaining their consent to be filmed for the reality television show Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (CPWTIA). The series is made by Brinkworth Films Ltd (BFL) with broadcaster Channel 5 having final editorial responsibility. CPWTIA follows Direct Collection Bailiffs Ltd (DCBL) as they enforce court judgments against debtors and eviction orders against tenants...

On 19 and 21 March 2018, the European Commission published two Notices to stakeholders setting out the effect of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU under Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union. The first Notice concerned the withdrawal of the UK and EU rules in the field of audiovisual media services, while the second Notice concerned the withdrawal of the UK and EU legislation in the field of geo-blocking. The Notices explained the implications for private parties − in particular providers of audiovisual media services. The Notice concerning audiovisual media services firstly states...