Karen Murphy

The Big Interview: Karen Murphy

06-Jun-2012

"I don’t like football. It bores me to tears, sorry.” Coming from a landlady who successfully fought a six-year legal battle against the Premier League for the right to show cheap televised football in her pub, these words were somewhat unexpected.

Keep your eye on the ball

29-Feb-2012 By Mike Berry

They think it’s all over... it is now for Karen Murphy. The final whistle has blown on her six-year legal battle against her conviction for using foreign satellite services to show live Premier League football in her Portsmouth pub, the Red, White &...

£42.5k paid in satellite fines

16-Jan-2009 By John Harrington

Licensees at 22 pubs were forced to pay between £500 and £6,000 in fines for foreign satellite screenings since July 2008, the MA has learnt. An...

Foreign satellite footy: should it be legal?

26-Nov-2008

'Yes' by Paul DixonAccording to the FA Premier League's (FAPL's) own accounts, its principal activity is to manage the Premier League competition and...

Broadcast battle hots up

26-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore

Football has witnessed some classic European encounters over the years. Manchester United's penalty shoot-out victory against Chelsea in this year's...

Two TV football cases put on hold

25-Sep-2008 By John Harrington

Two licensees have had prosecutions for screening Premiership football via North African channel ART put on hold until Murphy appeal.

Murphy case could carry on after Europe

16-Jul-2008 By James Wilmore

A landmark High Court foreign satellite appeal could drag on even after the matter has been heard in Europe. The full ruling from the second part of...

Murphy foreign satellite appeal judge dies

07-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore

One of the judges presiding over Karen Murphy's High Court foreign satellite football appeal has died. Sir Nicholas Pumfrey, a Lord Justice and...

Judges dismiss part of Murphy appeal - but agree to hear more

21-Dec-2007 By James Wilmore

High Court judges today dismissed part of licensee Karen Murphy's appeal against a conviction for screening foreign satellite football - but the...

Confusion over 'landmark' satellite football case

22-Aug-2007

Premier League to resume prosecutions after High Court appeal misses deadline.

Karen takes it to High Court

12-Apr-2007 By Iain O'Neil iain.o'neil@william-reed.co.uk

Karen Murphy, the Portsmouth licensee at the centre of the foreign satellite football row, has lodged an appeal in the High Court. Murphy, host of...

Funding legal turmoil

29-Mar-2007

A Portsmouth licensee who had been persuaded to appeal to the Crown Court against her conviction for showing live football in breach of copyright...

Licensee's satellite conviction upheld

22-Mar-2007 By Iain O'Neil iain.oneil@william-reed.co.uk

A Portsmouth licensee who appealed against a conviction for showing foreign satellite football has lost her case. Karen Murphy, of the Red, White and...

Foreign satellite licensee's appeal dismissed

15-Mar-2007 By Iain O'Neil

£12,000 hit after Judge says she "hid" behind legal advice

Licensee loses in second FAPL case

01-Feb-2007

Licensees could still face legal action over foreign satellite screenings, even if they have been acquitted first time round. Karen Murphy, 42,...