Derrick Nunnally reports: The letter from Lower Merion school administrators delivered the news three weeks ago – her son had been secretly monitored by the webcam on his school-issued laptop. But only when Fatima Hasan saw the evidence did the scope of the spying on her son Jalil become apparent. There were more than 1,000…
Category: Court
Rape charges dropped after deleted messages recovered from iPhone
There was a case in Australia that may be of interest to readers, as a defendant in a rape case was able to get the charges dismissed after his attorney retained a forensics expert who was able to recover messages the victim/accuser had sent to his iPhone, even though the messages had been deleted: Apple…
UK: Children ‘should be allowed trial anonymity appeal right’
PA Media Lawyer writes: Children and young people who appear in Crown Court trials should have a statutory right to appeal against a judge’s decision to allow their identification, the Law Commission has recommended. The proposal would mirror the right given to any “aggrieved person” – including the media – to appeal against a reporting…
Ie: Privacy action against ‘Sunday World’ taken over baby photos
A woman who had a child with the former husband of performer Twink has brought a High Court action claiming she was defamed and her right to privacy breached by the publication of photographs of them in a newspaper. Ruth Hickey, Archer’s Wood, Castaheany, Dublin, is suing the Sunday World over material published after she,…