Hearings
08 Dec 2022 [2022] EWHC 3136 (Admin), KBD (Swift J)
14 Jul 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 843; [2024] 1 WLR 248; [2023] WLR(D) 310, CA (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Simler, Warby LJJ)
21 Nov 2023 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused
R (Star China Media Ltd) v Office of Communications
Subject Matter
BROADCASTING — Television service — Breach of licence condition
HUMAN RIGHTS — Freedom of expression — Interference with — Ofcom finding broadcaster in breach of requirement of “due impartiality” in relation to certain television programmes — Ofcom imposing financial penalty — Whether penalty disproportionate interference with broadcaster’s right to freedom of expression — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 10 — Communications Act 2003 (c 21), s 320(1)(b)
[2023] EWCA Civ 843; [2024] 1 WLR 248; [2023] WLR(D) 310, CA
Appellate History
R (Star China Media Ltd) v Office of Communications [2022] EWHC 3136 (Admin), KBD
Decision of Swift J affirmed
R (Star China Media Ltd) v Office of Communications [2023] EWCA Civ 843; [2024] 1 WLR 248; [2023] WLR(D) 310, CA