Cases

Bedeau v London Borough of Newham

Facts

The Claimant (B) was responsible for running an internet radio station. In 2006, he broadcast interviews which identified a particular minor as being involved in Family Division proceedings. He appealed against six findings against him of contempt of court for publishing the material, allowing it to be advertised for sale and failing to remove it after an injunction had been granted. B had not removed the material because the website webmaster had refused to give him the password he needed. The recorder found B in contempt. The issue for determination was whether the publication principle upheld in the defamation context in Loutchansky (No.2) would also apply in the instant case, ie whether B, in having permitted the material to remain on the website after the court order, had continued to publish and advertise the material every time the website was accessed.

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