Tag Archives: Human Rights Act

Footballer CTB is suing Twitter

A “guest” post by Charles Russell partner Nick Armstrong, in our Sports & Media Group: Twitter Inc. and some of its users are being sued in the High Court in London by the individual who obtained an injunction against The … Continue reading

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Comparative law: chalk and cheese

On the same day as the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced a ban on BlackBerry Messenger, E-Mail and Web-browsing services from 11 October 2010, the Emirates News Agency (ENA) published a comparative law paper … Continue reading

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Circular law (and constitutional crises)?

In our role as quasi-parliamentary draftsmen for some of our overseas clients, we are all too aware of how the “law of unintended consequences” can alter the effect of a legal provision. As a topical example in this week of … Continue reading

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