Supreme Court refuses permission in DPA/libel claim
The Supreme Court has refused the application of London-based Arabic-language web news publisher Elaph Publishing Ltd for permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision allowing Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco to bring claims… Read More »
Journalists seeking comment held not harassment
HHJ Moloney QC sitting as a High Court judge today held that approaches by the media to the subject of a story in order to seek comment was not capable of being harassment in a decision… Read More »
Supreme Court dismisses anonymity Appeal
The Supreme Court today dismissed the Claimant’s appeal in the long running privacy case PNM v Times Newspapers and Newsquest. PNM, who can now be named as Oxford businessman Tariq Khuja, obtained a postponement order… Read More »
Perjury defendant loses anonymity
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in R v Jemma Beale, an appeal against an order prohibiting the identification of a defendant in a trial for perjury and perverting the course of justice…. Read More »
Segregated Muslim School Named after Press Challenge
Al Hijrah school in Birmingham brought judicial review proceedings seeking to quash a decision by Ofsted to publish an inspection report into the school. The report concluded, amongst other things, that the policy of segregation… Read More »
Consultant wins Dental CPD dispute
Business consultant Dr Andrew Guise has won his claims for libel, harassment and breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 over a website created about him by entrepreneur Rajeev Shah. Dr Guise had provided services… Read More »