May 30, 2004
Privacy after Campbell (page 65)
The first reported attempt by a privacy-seeker to rely on Naomi Campbell's House of Lords victory has failed. There is a report of the story on the BBC website.
May 19, 2004
Adam Musa King (page 218)
The Court of Appeal has lifted a threat to the freedom of the press in a judgment that will cap the amount claimants' law firms can charge defendants who fight libel cases. See my report in The Daily Telegraph.
May 15, 2004
Mary Bell and the slippery slope (page 137)
“Anonymity for defendants is a seductively slippery slope,” I wrote. The latest criminal to slide down it is Maxine Carr, who has obtained an order preventing the media from publishing her new identity. See my report in The Daily Telegraph.
May 07, 2004
Naomi Campbell (page 65)
Naomi Campbell won her appeal to the House of Lords on May 6 by a majority of three votes to two. The full judgment can be read here. This is my news report in The Daily Telegraph and here is my background analysis.
This is a subsequent interview with Sir Charles Gray (Mr Justice Gray) in which he says that the alarm felt by some sections of the media about the judgment is understandable.