Johnny Depp and the libel trial of the century
From celebrities to the Royal Family, why 2020 has been a very busy year for media lawyers.
It’s been a big year for media lawyers. There's been the Johnny Depp libel trial, Harry and Meghan suing The Mail on Sunday, and the newsroom drama over Barnard Castle. Amol Rajan reunites the lawyers from both sides of the Depp case to debate press behaviour. Also in the programme, the backstory to the Mail's famous front page demanding justice for Stephen Lawrence, and how The Guardian came to trust Julian Assange as a source.
Guests: Jenny Afia, Partner at Schillings; Louis Charalambous, head of the Media Content and Disputes Team at Simons Muirhead & Burton; Gill Phillips, Director of Editorial Legal Services for The Guardian; Eddie Young, former legal adviser to Associated Newspapers and contributor to Mail+ podcast The Murder That Shamed Britain.
Producer: Hannah Sander
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The legal punch-ups behind the big stories
Duration: 02:14
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- Wed 23 Dec 2020 16:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Wed 23 Dec 2020 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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