The Law Lords have refused leave for an appeal in Propend Finance Pty & ors v Sing & anor. The appeal moves by Australian company Propend followed failure in the High Court and the Court of Appeal to bring contempt proceedings over the release of confidential information which it claims was obtained from documents originally seized under search warrants later held by the High Court to be unlawful.
'The rottwiler lawyers will have a field day
Tim Hardy looks at how the new broadcasters’ code on privacy has been received. Tim Hardy is a specialist in press and broadcasting complaints at Cameron McKenna. The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) – formerly the Broadcasting Complaints Commission – published its first code on fairness and privacy for broadcasters on 24 November. The code is […]