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APPEAL judges referred a landmark case on journalists’ powers to keep information on people to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) today.
Businessman James Stunt brought a claim against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, for misuse of private information, harassment and breach of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Associated Newspapers applied for a stay of proceedings, granted last April, on the grounds that it concerned unpublished material held with a view to future publication.
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LAURA DAVISON traces how Murdoch’s mass sackings, political deals and legal loopholes shattered collective bargaining 40 years ago – and how persistent NUJ organising, landmark court victories and new employment rights legislation are finally challenging that legacy
Campaign group’s legal challenge against decision to approve proposals dismissed
SUSAN DARLINGTON is bowled over by an outstanding play about the past, present and future of race and identity in the US