Cases

Neocleous v Jones, Edwin Coe LLP & ors v Jones

Comment

(1) This short decision provides a useful example of the extension of protection under the Act where the harassment is by way of publication, as opposed to being a case of more conventional stalking, which is more often associated with the legislation.

(2) The court was ready to approve the bringing of a representative action on behalf of the members and employees of the law firm, adopting essentially the same course as taken in Law Society v Kordowski [2011] EWHC 3185 (QB). Similarly, the court invoked section 1(1A) of the Act when it came to protecting the interests of the members and employees of the law firm and their clients.

(3) Bonnard v Perryman [1891] 2 Ch 269 did not operate as a bar to the grant of injunctive relief here. The present proceedings were concerned with protection from harassment, as opposed to the protection of reputation, with the court noting that the use to which the Defendant had put his Article 10 right was as a weapon to cause maximum damage and inconvenience.

Areas of work

Defamation
Harassment
Injunctive Relief
Media Law

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