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Dan Tench

December 2009

  • Libel law analysis

    With Mr Justice Eady defending the current state of libel law, its reform is likely to be complex, controversial and some way off

July 2008

  • An exercise in damage limitation

  • Max Mosley

    Max Mosley: The media feels the whip

November 2007

  • Britain and the US are not shoulder to shoulder over defamation

    Media law: When it comes to libel, the US disagrees with the high court - and one American author is hoping to take advantage of it. By Dan Tench.

May 2007

  • Privacy gets the OK

    Media law: A privacy law is emerging from OK!'s victory over Hello! and Lord Browne's attempts to silence his ex-partner. By Hugh Tomlinson and Dan Tench.

December 2006

  • The kiss-and-tell crackdown

    Media Law, Dan Tench: Life has just got a lot harder for magazines such as Heat, OK! and Hello! after a landmark decision by the court of appeal last week.

July 2006

  • When uncertainty takes precedence

    Media law: Elton John's failed injunction against a newspaper printing a photo of him in the street highlights our hopelessly confused privacy law.

May 2006

  • A judgment on privacy

    The appeal court judge who started the privacy debate calls for a statutory press regulator to protect victims of newspaper intrusion.Dan Tench reports.

April 2006

  • How judge's secret Da Vinci code was cracked

    Dan Tench is a lawyer who writes on media issues for the Guardian. Here he describes how he became the first person to crack the secret message hidden within Mr Justice Peter Smith's judgment on the Da Vinci Code case, which pitted author Dan Brown against two writers who failed in their claim that he breached their copyright to create his bestselling novel.

March 2006

  • A tricky legal match

    If Ashley Cole versus News International reaches court, it could be an important test of law, argues Dan Tench.

October 2005

  • Victory at all costs?

    Dan Tench: The Lords have dealt another blow to the press's battle against lawyers' success fees.

September 2005

  • Beach proves stony ground for ad ban

    Media law: Dan Tench on advertising that may cause offence in the public sphere.

May 2005

  • Photo finish

    Last week's court of appeal decision over the wedding photos of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones did at least clarify the law of privacy, says Dan Tench.

March 2005

  • A cosy get-out

  • Bloggers: a law unto themselves

January 2005

  • Beyond redemption

    Accusations of the ancient charge of blasphemy were levelled against the BBC's transmission of Jerry Springer - The Opera. Here Dan Tench explains why the offence is irrelevant today.

December 2004

  • When is a spoiler OK?

  • A high price to pay

October 2004

  • Good news for the FT

  • Riding a toothless tiger

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