Preiskel & Co wins Twitter joke trial for bomb hoaxer Preiskel & Co is pleased to announce that the Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge handed down a unanimous judgment of the High Court overturning the conviction of Paul Chambers. Paul Chambers had been convicted for sending a “menacing” electronic communication after he tweeted about Robin Hood Airport…
DetailsPreiskel & Co’s success in overturning the conviction of Paul Chambers under the Communications Act 2003 is featured on the front pages of the major press agencies including the BBC News and the Daily Telegraph
Preiskel & Co’s head of media, David Allen Green was quoted in the Guardian in relation to the court injunction that prevented the BBC from showing two drama documentaties about last summer’s riots.
The article in the Guardian is available at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jul/20/bbc-riot-injunction?CMP=twt_fd
Preiskel & Co is delighted to announce the appointment of senior associate, Jose Saras to partner. Jose is a dual qualified Spanish and English lawyer.
Jose is an experienced commercial and regulatory lawyer primarily focussing on telecoms, data protection and on-line gaming though he also advises UK and overseas clients across a broad range of sectors.
For more information, please see the BBC link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18607798 or follow it on twitter at #twitterjoketrial. There were articles in most of the leading newspapers, the Telegraph article being at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9359211/John-Betjeman-would-have-been-prosecuted-under-Twitter-joke-laws-court-hears.html the trial is being covered internationally and Al Jazeera posted quite an informative video: http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2012/06/2012627141548515236.html A more in depth analysis of the legal position is set…
DetailsPreiskel & Co advised IXcellerate in the negotiation and securing of an investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. The IFC was among the investors that subscribed for the Series A equity issue. Upon completion of all phases, the project cost is expected to total around $55 million, most…
DetailsThe full conference agenda is as follows: 09:15 – 09:30 Key Note Address Georg Serentschy (Chair of BEREC) 09:30 – 10:30 Regulatory Up-date Speakers: Reinald Kruger – Head of Unit Information Society EU Commission Stefano Fratta – Telefonica Digital Bart-Jan van Dijk – Verizon Business Moderators: Chung-Nian Lam – Wong Partnership LLP Anne Vallery – …
DetailsThe ITSPA Vendor Workshop will take place on 31st May 2012 at Preiskel & Co LLP 5 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RD. For further information, please email info@preiskel.com or admin@itspa.org.uk the full programme is: 2pm — Registration 2.10pm — Panel Session 1: “The Future of Handsets” Panellists: Ron Corttaar, Gigaset; Steve Watts, Yealink; Hicham Atif, Grandstream. Chair: Stephanie…
DetailsThe full article in the Financial Times can be viewed at:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3acddac6-8d2c-11e1-8b49-00144feab49a.html#axzz1srPGgAWO
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