law

The incredibly long and amazingly silly story of the #TwitterJokeTrial

by Adam Banks on 31 August 2012 in Features

On 27 July 2012, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales handed down the final judgment in what had become known as the Twitter Joke Trial. Considering that this was the culmination of a two-and-a-half-year process, the assembled crowd didn’t get much of a show. It took only a few minutes for Paul Chambers [...]

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Twitter joke trial stalemate reveals laughable gap in British justice

by Adam Banks on 28 May 2012 in News

UPDATE: Paul Chambers’ solicitor, David Allen Green, has confirmed that the appeal has been scheduled for a new hearing on 27 June before the Lord Chief Justice, giving hope that the matter will finally be settled. The appeal of Paul Chambers, who was convicted and fined in 2010 for committing an offence under s127 of [...]

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The wrong arm of the law catches photojournalists

by Dave Stevenson on 8 September 2010 in Photography
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There have been scary instances of the police abusing photojournalists’ freedom to shoot in a public place, so photographers must take a stand… Bad news, everyone. No, not the iPhone 4′s antenna, or the possibility that Steve Jobs isn’t actually sending personal replies to every lonely geek with an email account. It’s worse. You are, [...]

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