Mr Justice Eady is to be replaced as senior libel and privacy judge in the High Court from 30 September 2010; his successor is Mr Justice Tugendhat, who in the past has shown himself to have – at least in many commentators’ view – a more “nuanced view” of the ECHR and its application in English law.

Among the links in James Robinson’s piece in Media Guardian is the PressGazette report on the Appeal Court ruling in McKennitt v. Ash, from darkest December 2006. It was a day that will live in infamy.