Sources: These notes are maintained with the assistance of the Periodical Publishers' Association's public domain website, which can be freely accessed by any student or member of the public at this address. The Media Law database at Guardian Unlimited may also be consulted. It is available to any student or member of the general public who registers online with the Media Guardian website.

confidentiality/privacy (see also PCC complaints re: privacy)

Notorious litigant Elton John fails in privacy case against Daily Mail. Effect is to weaken Caroline ruling and strengthen ability of press to take photos of celebs in public without permission/payment (08/06)

Section 10 HRA gives no protection to censorship effect of huge Naomi Campbell legal costs (10/05)

Naomi Campbell drugs case/ conditional fee agreement/ costs (10/05)

Caroline ruling strengthened by gay parade case (10/05)

Hello! wins back £1million damages/ latest in Zeta-Jones saga (06/05)

Zeta-Jones case - full set of reports from the Guardian

Beckham Nanny/ 'gagging clause' in contract/ confidentiality (04/05)

Naomi Campbell: Law Lords find in her favour (05/04)

Naomi Campbell case - full coverage from The Guardian

Princess Caroline of Monaco (06/04)

codes of conduct

Phone taps 'completely unacceptable' - PCC (08/06)

New rule on reporting suicide (see also BBC producer guidelines) (07/06)

PCC ruling favourable to use of subterfuge if in public interest (09/06)

Record number of complaints to PCC re: privacy (07/05)

PCC - gratutious mention of private person's health problems (03/05)

New version of PCC editors' code (02/05)

Chequebook Journalism - payments to criminal relatives (03/04)

libel and defamation

Britney Spears fails in $10 million libel claim (case in USA) (11/06)

Tommy Sheridan case (10/06)

Jameel case: Important House of Lords ruling revives Reynolds QP defence, re-asserts 10 point test and makes damages dependent on proof of loss for companies. Widely hailed as a good result for the Wall Street Journal and journalism generally (10/06).

Jameel case - Guardian wrap up (10/06)

Celebs flock to London to sue for libel (08/06)

McKenna case - cross examination (good detail about the type of arguments used in these cases) (07/06)

McKenna wins damages from Mirror over claims of faked degree (07/06)

Sharon Stone - out of court settlement, re: baby left in car (04/06)

PPA publishes practical guide for editors/journalists re: avoiding libel actions (02/06)

Ashley Cole wins libel (jigsaw type identification) in 'gay orgy' case - News of World. (07/06)

Rahamin wins £1 million from ITN/Channel Four over claims that he was incompetant as a doctor and surgeon. (01/06)

Carter-Ruck on Rahamin and libel scene generally (01/06)

Is it defamatory these days to say that a person is gay. Answer: yes (Robbie Williams case) 12/05

Southampton FC chairman Rupert Lowe "shabbily" case - fact/comment (10/05)

European Parliament makes libel national matter in EU (07/05)

Expert doubts reliability of Reynolds defence (02/05)

Galloway Case - Daily Telegraph's Reynold's type defence fails (12/04)

Galloway Case - Guardian's coverage (12/04)

"Internet Libel"

Yachting News - publisher not liable for chatroom content? (11/06)

Freedom of expression/ criminal libel

Debate over expression of 'religious hatred' (06/05)

Zeta Jone vs Hello! case - re wedding photos (11/03)