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David Banks

David Banks is a journalist and media law consultant

March 2023

  • Matt Hancock and the co-author of his book, Isabel Oakeshott, at the book’s launch on 5 December, 2022.

    Was Isabel Oakeshott wrong to leak Matt Hancock’s WhatsApps? Time will tell

    David Banks
    Can you ever trust a journalist? The question is whether the material justified the leak, says the media consultant David Banks

September 2014

  • Ipso new chairman akan moses

    Media blog
    Complaining to Ipso can lead you into a tangled web

  • Tom Newton Dunn

    Media blog
    The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act has proved to be a snooper’s charter

February 2014

  • Jimmy Savile

    Media blog
    Defaming the dead: could relatives get the right to sue?

    David Banks: Publishers will be concerned at a European ruling that raises the possibility of relatives of the dead suppressing adverse coverage

January 2014

  • Wall Street Journal

    Media blog
    WSJ ruling highlights problems for court reporters filing to overseas offices

    David Banks
    David Banks: Journalists could end up in contempt if copy filed for a foreign print edition was picked up by another outlet and put online

December 2013

  • Channel 4 News report on Enfield 'hard stop'

    Media blog
    Libel law: cases point to limits of the 'Reynolds defence'

    David Banks
  • 12 Angry Men

    Media blog
    We shouldn't threaten juries with tougher contempt laws

    David Banks

November 2013

  • Andrew Mitchell

    Plebgate: Why missing a deadline can have costly implications for libel teams

    David Banks
    David Banks: Andrew Mitchell's case against the Sun highlights the financial consequences of the Jackson reforms to speed trial dates

October 2013

  • Delfi

    Media blog
    Online comments: why websites should be worried by court ruling

    David Banks
    David Banks: Judgment in Estonian case suggests sites need to police comments and anticipate when a story will attract defamatory posts

July 2013

  • Media royal baby

    Media blog
    Royal baby: ensuring privacy will be a key test for new press regulator

    David Banks: The new heir to throne will need similar protection from intrusion as his father had, but will the PCC's replacement be up to it?

June 2013

  • Jeremy Forrest

    Media blog
    Jeremy Forrest case: Twitter users could have broken the law

  • Sally Morgan

    Sally Morgan: how could a TV psychic win a libel payout?

May 2013

  • Woolwich attack

    Media blog
    Woolwich attack footage will stir debate over contempt laws

    David Banks
  • HANDCUFFED MAN

    Media blog
    Police are in a quandary over the naming of suspects

    David Banks

April 2013

  • David Sherborne and Carine Patry Hoskins during the Leveson inquiry

    Head to head
    Has an affair undermined Leveson?

    Rob Wilson and David Banks
    Rob Wilson and David Banks: Did an affair between counsel compromise the Leveson inquiry?

March 2013

  • House of Lords

    Media blog
    'Leveson clauses' must not derail defamation bill

    David Banks: If bill fails because of last-minute 'Leveson clauses' added by Lords it will be waste of years of campaigning for reform

February 2013

  • Oscar Pistorius newspaper coverage

    Media blog
    Oscar Pistorius: media unlikely to be in contempt, but could be libellous

    David Banks
  • Edinburgh University

    Edinburgh University newspaper gagged by own student association

November 2012

  • Google

    Media blog
    Google is publisher according to Australian court

    David Banks
  • A door marked Jury Room

    Media blog
    Juries and internet research: we need to ask more questions

    David Banks
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