The Paul Foot Award for campaigning journalism". Private Eye. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 16 June 2017. a b Douglas, Torin (14 October 2011). "Private Eye and public scandals" . Retrieved 13 August 2019. In 2009, Private Eye successfully challenged an injunction brought against it by Michael Napier, the former head of the Law Society, who had sought to claim "confidentiality" over a report that he had been disciplined by the Law Society for a conflict of interest. [82] The ruling had wider significance in that it allowed other rulings by the Law Society to be publicised. [83] Ownership [ edit ] Barendt, E. M. (2016). Anonymous speech: literature, law and politics. Oxford. p.35. ISBN 9781849466134. OCLC 940796081. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) He did not approve of last issue’s cover and no longer wishes to contribute to the magazine. This is entirely up to him but it is a matter of regret for us.”

EUphemisms by RGJ – features a European Union bureaucrat making a statement, with a caption suggesting what it means in real terms, depicting the EU in a negative or hypocritical light. For example, an EU official declares: "Punishing Britain for Brexit would show the world we've lost the plot", with the caption reading: "We're going to punish Britain for Brexit. We've lost the plot". Gordon Anglesea: Former policeman sentenced to 12 years". BBC News. 4 November 2016. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016 . Retrieved 5 November 2016. Private Eye hits highest circulation in 55-year history 'which is quite something given that print is meant to be dead' ". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017 . Retrieved 16 June 2017. Letters". Private Eye. London: Pressdram Ltd (1221): 13. October 2008. Mr Callaghan is referred to the Eye's reply in the famous case of Arkell v. Pressdram (1971).

In a review article published in 2010, after Wakefield was disciplined by the General Medical Council, regular columnist Phil Hammond, who contributes to the "Medicine Balls" column under the pseudonym "MD", stated that: " Private Eye got it wrong in its coverage of MMR" in maintaining its support for Wakefield's position long after shortcomings in his work had emerged. [55] Accusations of hostility [ edit ]

Private Eye does not publish a list of its editors, writers, designers, and staff. In 1981 the book The Private Eye Story stated that the owners were Cook, who owned most of the shares, with smaller shareholders including actors Dirk Bogarde and Jane Asher, and several of those involved with the founding of the magazine. Most of those on the list have since died, however, and it is unclear what happened to their shareholdings. Those concerned are contractually only able to sell their shares at the price they originally paid for them. The Rotten Boroughs column focuses on actual or alleged wrongdoing in local or regional governments and elections, for example, corruption, nepotism, hypocrisy, and incompetence. The column's name derives from the 18th-century rotten boroughs. The Premiersh*ts by Paul Wood – a satire of professional football and footballers, in the Premier League. Private Eye has long been known for attracting libel lawsuits which, in English law, can easily lead to the award of damages. The publication maintains a "fighting fund," [ citation needed] although the magazine frequently finds other ways to defuse legal tensions, such as by printing letters from aggrieved parties. As editor since 1986, Ian Hislop is one of the most sued people in Britain. [63] From 1969 to the mid-1980s, the magazine was represented by human rights lawyer Geoffrey Bindman. [64]

Private Eye Wins Court Case!". Private Eye. No.1237. 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009.

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A-list libel lawyer dies". BBC News. 21 December 2003. Archived from the original on 23 December 2003 . Retrieved 15 March 2006. Walker, James (6 November 2017). "Some 380 journalists including BBC, Guardian and Private Eye work with ICIJ on 'Paradise Papers' tax havens data leak" . Retrieved 13 August 2019. McGreevy, Ronan (19 July 2004). "Paul Foot, crusading journalist, dies at 66". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 13 August 2019.Covers No. 257". Private Eye. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 . Retrieved 7 May 2014. Gibb, Frances (21 May 2009). "Failure to gag Private Eye clears the way to publication of rulings against lawyers". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Shareholders as of the annual company return dated 26 March 2021 [update], including shareholders who have inherited shares, are: The magazine was properly begun when they learned of a new printing process, photo-litho offset, which meant that anybody with a typewriter and Letraset could produce a magazine. The publication was initially funded by Osmond and launched in 1961. [13] It is agreed that Osmond suggested the title, and sold many of the early copies in person, in London pubs. [14] Andrew Osmond – Obituary". The Guardian. 19 April 1999. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016 . Retrieved 12 December 2016.