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Hugh Tomlinson

Hugh Tomlinson QC is a member of Matrix chambers and of the Inforrm Committee. He is also a founding editor of the UKSC blog

January 2012

  • Legal wigs

    Lord Justice Leveson could look to Alastair Brett's plan for press regulation

    Hugh Tomlinson
    Former legal manager suggests compulsory interim hearings to settle disputes and avoid long, costly court battles. By Hugh Tomlinson

October 2011

  • Supreme Court

    Guardian Legal Network
    Reynolds defence is just the start

    Hugh Tomlinson QC for the UK Supreme Court blog, part of the Guardian Legal Network

    Hugh Tomlinson QC: In Flood v the Times, the supreme court has to consider questions of balance and the limits of editorial discretion

September 2011

  • Lionel Barber

    Guardian Legal Network
    Reform options for media regulation

    Hugh Tomlinson QC analyses the various options for replacing the Press Complaints Commission

August 2011

  • A police officer with video camera monitors hunt protesters

    Guardian Legal Network
    Do we have a fundamental right to film the police in public?

    Hugh Tomlinson QC for the Inforrm blog, part of the Guardian Legal Network
    Hugh Tomlinson QC: English case law is unclear, but rulings in the US and Strasbourg suggest we do have a right to photograph public officials

May 2011

  • Lady Diana surrounded by photographers before the announcement of her engagement to Prince Charles

    Guardian Legal Network
    How to create a privacy law

    Hugh Tomlinson QC for the Inforrm blog, part of the Guardian Legal Network

    Hugh Tomlinson QC: If we want a law of privacy, what should happen next? There are four possibilities

April 2011

  • A photographer with a camera

    Guardian Legal Network
    Privacy law: what's the way ahead?

    Hugh Tomlinson QC on Inforrm's blog, part of the Guardian Legal Network

    Hugh Tomlinson QC: How can we balance the right to publication with the right to privacy?

May 2007

  • Privacy gets the OK

    Media law: A privacy law is emerging from OK!'s victory over Hello! and Lord Browne's attempts to silence his ex-partner. By Hugh Tomlinson and Dan Tench.

December 2004

  • We all deserve a reputation based on truth

    Hugh Tomlinson

    Hugh Tomlinson: The Telegraph deserved to lose: its attack on Galloway was personal and vindictive, and was not in the public interest.

December 2003

  • And don't bother coming back

    Hugh Tomlinson and Booan Temple

    Hugh Tomlinson and Booan Temple: Clause 10 of the new asylum bill will create a judicial body which is uniquely unnaccountable.

January 2001

  • The will to win

    Working on a case with George Carman was an education. He made it clear when he thought that work was not being done properly. But when work was done well he was generous in his appreciation and, in a team of lawyers, he liked to be a chairman rather than a dictator.
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