Journalist at the Daily Express. Pilditch covered the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal in 2007. His evidence at the Inquiry criticised Portuguese privacy laws, which forbade anyone talking to the media, leading, said Pilditch, to a “fatally flawed investigation”. Pilditch said journalists were under pressure to find new information. The McCanns received £500,000 compensation from the Daily Express over libellous coverage of the story.
Head of the Law School at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Has taught a wide range of subjects including Jurisprudence, Legal Ethics, Tort Law, Social Security Law, Employment Law, Privacy Law and Legal Systems. Submitted evidence to the Inquiry on the press treatment of Gaelic language issues – which ranged, he said from "good news" through "fair comment" to "outright abuse".
