Judgment in MGN phone-hacking case
Mr Justice Mann handed down his judgment in the case of Gulati v MGN Ltd this morning, following a 4-week trial to assess damages in March 2015. The claims in misuse of private information related to… Read More »
5RB at the London Legal Walk
The 5RB team of Adam Speker, Victoria Jolliffe, Felicity McMahon, Chloe Strong, Julian Santos, Greg Callus and Bella (our four-legged team member) took part in the London Legal Walk on Monday 21 May 2015 to raise money for… Read More »
Harassment victim wins libel damages
A Chartered Surveyor who was the victim of a series of defamatory and harassing websites has settled his libel claim against their authors. Ian Phipps has won an apology and substantial damages from Paul Britton… Read More »
Supreme Court lifts OPO injunction
The Supreme Court this morning handed down judgment in OPO v MLA, finding unanimously that the Claimant had no cause of action under the Wilkinson v Downton tort. The anonymity restrictions on the author and… Read More »
Mail loses JK Rowling appeal
Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail Online, has failed to overturn the judgment of Tugendhat J that JK Rowling could read a proposed statement in open court. Joanne Murray, better known under her JK… Read More »
Prince Charles letters released
Letters between Prince Charles and various Government departments – known as the “black spider letters” – have today been released. They can be found on the Cabinet Office website here, with a link to a… Read More »
5RB Talks: Manchester
5RB completed the third of its 2015 series of talks in Manchester on 29 April. 5RB’s Jonathan Barnes, Richard Munden and Chloe Strong spoke and the evening was moderated by Adrienne Page QC. Jonathan gave… Read More »