The Journal of Computer, Media and Telecommunications Law

Editor in Chief - Dr Fiona Brimblecombe, University of Manchester 

      Frequency: Quarterly
      Type: Journal
      Format: Print
      ISSN: 17467616

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Authoritative comment and analysis delivered to your desk, four times a year.

Communications Law is a well-respected, peer reviewed, quarterly journal covering the broad spectrum of legal issues arising in the telecoms, IT and media industries. Each issue brings you opinion and discussion from the field of communications law.

Benefit from:

•  Editorial comment
•  Coverage of pertinent UK and international issues
•  Authoritative commentary and analysis
•  First-hand experience in the field from a dedicated panel of industry experts

Make sure you are up-to-date with the legal issues affecting your company, right now.

Editorial Board

Dr Eliza Bechtold, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford
Professor Paul Bernal, University of East Anglia
Paul Chamberlain, Paramount
Dr Peter Coe, University of Birmingham
Clive Davies, Legal and Business Consultant, Clive Davies Consulting
Campbell Deane, Partner, Messrs. Bannatyne Kirkwood France & Co
Professor Helen Fenwick, University of Durham
Dr Faith Gordon, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University
Dr Jeevan Hariharan, UCL
Dr Rebecca Moosavian, University of Leeds
Rem Noormohamed, Partner, Weightmans
Dr Jelena Surculija Milojevic, University of Belgrade
Dr Judith Townend, University of Sussex
Professor Paul Wragg, University of Leeds

Contents from previous issues:

Communications Law 31.1 (February 2026) contents:

• Editorial 
• In Brief 
• Reconciling Online Privacy Protection with Free Expression in Judicial Application of Injunctions and Erasure Rights - Shuxin Zhang
• Grading Trust, Safety, and Digital Privacy: How a robust disclosure regime could help protect digital privacy, advance trust, and promote civic engagement, while also preserving innovation - Ray Brescia
• Case Commentaries
• Recent Developments 
• Index to Volume Thirty

Communications Law 30.4 contents:

• Editorial 
• In Brief
• Warning Shot Fired: Why Reputational Harm Damages Deserve a Place in the Tort of Misuse of Private Information - Floyd Alexander-Hunt
• Formulating IT Service Level Regimes - Clive Davies
• Book Review
• Recent Developments

Communications Law 30.3 contents:

• Editorial 
• In Brief
• Breach of Confidence and Disclosures in the Private Interest: On the Viability of Importing a Qualified Privilege Defence from Defamation Law - Eugene C Lim
  
• Hearing prisoners’ voices: prisoners’ rights to free speech
  and access to the media - Steve Foster
• Recent Developments

Communications Law 30.2 contents:

• Editorial
• In Brief
• SLAPPs in England and Wales: The issues and the evidence - Paul Wragg
• Journalism as the lifeblood of democracy: How can we ensure
  it is protected?- Dr Gemma Horton
• Case note and comment
• Recent Developments

Communications Law 30.1 contents: 

• Editorial 
• In Brief
• Extending Outsourcing Contracts – Clive Davies
• Why are journalistic ethics often ignored when celebrities die? – Polly Rippon
• Recent Developments

Communications Law 29.4 contents: 

• Editorial 
• In Brief 
• Reflections on balancing Articles 8 and 10 in the context of MPI – past, present and future – Helen Fenwick
• Book Review 
• Recent Developments

Communications Law 29.3 contents:

• Editorial
• In Brief
• Models of regulating the amplification of online content: A comparative study of the EU’s Digital Services Act and the UK’s Online Safety Act - João Tornada
• The Defamation Act 2013 – 10 Years Later – Daniel Shaw and Mollie Jackson
• Recent Developments

Communications Law 29.2 contents:

• Editorial
• In Brief
• Editorial standards in transgender reporting: how do the UK press regulators navigate complaints and controversies?– Dimitris Akrivos
• Same as it ever was: no room for talking heads! National security, free speech and judicial deference – Steve Foster
• Recent Developments

Communications Law 29.1 contents:

• Editorial
• In Brief
• Navigating freezones in the influencerdom: a shadowlands guide – Alexandros Antoniou
• Recent Developments