Court of Appeal hearing in ANL v Weller
On 27 and 28 October 2015 the Court of Appeal heard an appeal by Associated Newspapers Limited, the publisher of the MailOnline website, against the judgment of Mr Justice Dingemans dated 16 April 2014, in… Read More »
New Senior Clerk
5RB has appointed Deputy Senior Clerk, Andrew Love, as the new Senior Clerk when Kim Janes retires at the end of February 2016 after 25-years as the head of 5RB’s clerking team.
Anna Coppola speaks at Malaysian media law conference
Anna Coppola, Associate Member of 5RB and currently based in Singapore, spoke on online defamation and cross-jurisdictional issues at a conference on Media law on 1st October in Kuala Lumpur organised by leading Malaysian law… Read More »
Privy Council allows Reynolds appeal
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Lords Clarke, Wilson, Sumption, Carnwath and Toulson) today handed down judgment in an appeal it heard in April of this year on Reynolds qualified privilege. It allowed the… Read More »
5RB welcomes Jake Rudman
Jake Rudman went to Bristol University securing his degree in Politics and Sociology (BSc Hons). He then pursued his GDL and BPTC at BPP College, London (Commendation 2011, Very Competent 2012). Prior to pupillage, Jake… Read More »
15 year old convicted of terror offence cannot be named
On 2 October 2015, Mr Justice Saunders refused to lift a reporting restriction prohibiting the reporting of the identity of a defendant, who had pleaded guilty in relation to plotting a terror attack in Australia… Read More »