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Ex-BBC journalist whose data was unlawfully gained awarded £20,000 in damages

Vincent Kearney, now the northern editor at RTÉ, brought legal action against MI5 and police forces at a specialist tribunal.

Evening Standard · Jul 23

CPS bids to overturn dismissal of terrorism case against Kneecap rapper

The case was initially thrown out in September last year by chief magistrate Paul Goldspring, who ruled the proceedings had been ‘instituted unlawfully’

The Independent UK · Jan 14

Kneecap back in court as CPS seeks to overturn rapper terror case dismissal

The case against Liam Og O hAnnaidh was thrown out in September last year

Evening Standard · Jan 14

MI5 lied to multiple courts to protect identity of 'abusive' neo-Nazi spy

MI5 lied to multiple courts amid the Attorney General’s bid to prevent the BBC from identifying a suspected Security Service informant, a judge…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 12, 2025

Judge ‘misled’ in bid for injunction over BBC reporting of alleged MI5 informant

Then-Attorney General Suella Braverman sought the injunction at the High Court in 2022.

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2025

Judge rules Wolverhampton machete attack 12-year-olds cannot be named

Media’s public interest argument rejected on basis naming the children would severely harm their welfare

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2024

Full release of Sir Patrick Vallance’s diary entries would ‘breach human rights’

The former chief scientific adviser described his diary, or evening notes, as ‘a brain dump’, his lawyer Matthew Hill said.

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023