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The Supreme Court holds that anonymity for clinicians in withdrawal of treatment cases involving children should normally be of limited duration (Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Haastrup v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
What are perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free licences?Licences are sometimes expressed to be ‘perpetual’, ‘irrevocable’ or ‘royalty-free’, but...
Malicious falsehoodThis Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no...
DefamationThe tort of defamation is governed by a mixture of statute and common law. The relevant statutory law is contained in:•the Defamation Act...
Defamation and social mediaThe internet and, in particular, social media is a high risk area for defamation litigation. Content posted on blogs,...
Electronic communications: Universal Service Directive [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note relates to Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to
What is the meaning of the terms ‘Electronic Communications Network’, ‘Electronic Communications Service’, and ‘Communications Providers’?The EU's regulatory framework for the regulation of electronic communications networks (ECNs) and electronic communications services (ECSs) (the Framework) is a
Challenging decisions of the UK communications regulatorSTOP PRESS—Impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023: This document contains references to retained EU law (REUL) and associated terms introduced by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in connection with Brexit. From 1
EU regulatory framework for electronic communications—ePrivacy DirectiveThis Practice Note explores Directive 2002/58/EC (the ePrivacy Directive), which governs the confidentiality of communications and the processing of personal data in the electronic communications sector. It is part of a series
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