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NLJ this week: Politics, football & the BBC

07 April 2023
Issue: 8020 / Categories: Legal News , Media , Procedure & practice , Immigration & asylum
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Talk about an own goal—the BBC’s grounding of Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker over his tweets put the institution’s own impartiality under the spotlight.

Lineker’s resoluteness under pressure captured the public imagination and cast an unflattering light on the senior management of the BBC. In this week’s NLJ, John Gould, senior partner at Russell-Cooke, looks in depth at the issues involved, in particular the BBC’s duties of impartiality. How is it defined? What does it mean? What core values are involved? Is ‘impartiality’ the right conceptual approach anyway?

Gould writes: ‘As far as I know, Lineker has not yet been asked to anchor Newsnight, and it seems to follow that Lineker’s work only requires him to maintain impartiality in relation to football. There seems to be no problem with current affairs journalists being partial about sport.’ 

Read more on the headline case here.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

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Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team

NEWS

Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need

Magic circle firms, in-house legal departments and litigation firms alike are embracing more flexible ways to manage surges of workloads, the success of Flex Legal has shown

Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event

Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need

Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ

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