5RB London Legal Walk Team 2014
Members of 5RB will be participating in the 10th Anniversary London Legal Walk on 19th May. The team, consisting of Desmond Browne QC, Jonathan Barnes, Adam Speker, Victoria Shore, Felicity McMahon, Chloe Strong, Julian Santos,… Read More »
Paul Weller succeeds in High Court privacy claim
On 16 April 2014 the High Court ruled that the publication of photographs of three of Paul Weller’s children on the MailOnline website amounted to a misuse of their private information. Represented by 5RB’s David… Read More »
CJEU declares Data Retention Directive invalid
The Court of Justice of the European Union has today declared the Data Retention Directive to be invalid. In the joined cases of C-293/12 and C-594/12 Digital Rights Ireland and Seitlinger and Others the Irish… Read More »
High Court hears Weller privacy trial
On 24-27 March 2014 the High Court heard the trial of a claim brought by three of Paul Weller’s children against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) in respect of the publication of seven photographs on ANL’s… Read More »
Lord Neuberger to address Conference5RB
5RB is pleased to announce that Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, President of the Supreme Court, will deliver our keynote address. The Rt. Hon. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in… Read More »
Supreme Court: FOIA not only means of disclosure
The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in Kennedy v Charity Commission [2014] UKSC 20. The case was argued on the basis of section 32 Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), on which the appellant lost, as… Read More »
Law Commission recommends online reporting restriction database
The Law Commission has published its second report on the topic of contempt. The first report dealt with jurors and modern media. This report addresses the issue of reporting restrictions under section 4(2) Contempt of… Read More »
MOJ releases latest statistics on privacy injunctions
The Ministry of Justice has released the latest set of statistics on the number of privacy injunctions dealt with at the High Court or Court of Appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice, relating to… Read More »
Supreme Court rules on production order evidence
The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in R (on the application of British Sky Broadcasting Limited) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2014] UKSC 17. The case related to a production order obtained… Read More »
Attorney General’s Panel Appointment
5RB are delighted to announce that Christina Michalos has been re-appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel upon conclusion of her first 5 year term. The Attorney General maintains 4 panels of junior counsel to… Read More »
Paul Gascoigne settles privacy claim
The privacy claim brought by Paul Gascoigne against the Daily Express and the Daily Star has settled in Mr Gascoigne’s favour. The newspapers have agreed to pay him damages. By February 2013 Mr Gascoigne was… Read More »
Media law cases before the ECtHR
The European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber Panel has decided to refer the case of Delfi v Estonia to the Grand Chamber. The applicant appeals against the court’s decision that Estonia was not in breach of… Read More »
ICO consults on guidance for the media
The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched a consultation on draft guidance for the media on the Data Protection Act 1998. The guide has been developed in response to the recommendation in the Leveson Report that… Read More »
Judge awards Claimants £45,000 each
Mohammad Asghar, a Member of the Welsh Assembly, and Abdul Rahman Mujahid, a businessman active in the South Wales Muslim community, have each been awarded £45,000 following a trial in the Cardiff District Registry to… Read More »
5RB is looking to expand
In conjunction with our move to larger premises, 5RB encourages applications for tenancy from established practitioners in our specialist fields, and related practice areas. 5RB’s best-known practice areas are defamation and privacy, in which the set has recently been rated… Read More »
New edition of Gatley on Libel and Slander out now
The new edition, fully updated and revised to include coverage of the Defamation Act 2013, is now available. The editing team on the 12th Ed. includes three members of 5RB: Godwin Busuttil and Adam Speker… Read More »
New time limit for defamation jury trial applications
The Civil Procedure Rules are to be amended to the effect that an application for trial by jury in a defamation claim will now have to be made at the first Case Management Conference. This… Read More »
Law Commission recommends contempt exemption for online archives
The Law Commission has published a report making its recommendations for law reform relating to contempt by jurors and modern media aspects of contempt by publication. 5RB’s Godwin Busuttil and Christina Michalos contributed to the… Read More »
AGO to publish advisory notes online
The Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP has announced that his Office will in future publish advisory notes online, and publicise them by way of the AGO Twitter feed, @AGO_UK. The notes, which were previously… Read More »
High Court hearing in construction industry “blacklisting” claims
On Friday 29 November the High Court heard from lawyers acting for 4 groups of claimants in actions brought over the alleged “blacklisting” of workers in the construction industry. Master Whitaker gave directions for all… Read More »