Vegetarian restaurateur awarded £9000 libel damages for cow death allegation
Khalid Undre, a vegetarian restaurateur, was today awarded £9000 libel damages arising out of a news release reporting his conviction for animal cruelty offences. The London Borough of Harrow, which had successfully prosecuted Mr Undre… Read More »
Rahman libel trial commences
The trial of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s libel and harassment claim against ARY Network Ltd, the UK broadcaster of Urdu news channel ARY News, and its Chief Operating Officer, Fayaz Ghafoor, begins today in the High Court…. Read More »
Claimant succeeds in latest serious harm trial
Following a two day trial to determine whether the libel claim brought by Sam Theedom satisfied the test under s.1 of the Defamation Act 2013 (that there has been serious harm to reputation), judgment has… Read More »
Niall Horan wins round in libel claim
Niall Horan of the boyband One Direction sued Express Newspapers over an article in the Daily Star entitled “1D NEW DRUG STORM” which featured a photograph of him with Justin Bieber and Cody Simpson close… Read More »
Sunday Times wins libel claim
Former Conservative MP Tim Yeo has lost his libel claim against the Sunday Times. The action was brought in relation to articles published after an undercover investigation by the Sunday Times Insight Team. The journalists,… Read More »
University of Sussex apologises to ex-student
The University of Sussex has today apologised “unreservedly” to Michael Segalov, an ex-student, following allegations of criminal behaviour published by the University in two online news bulletins in December 2013. Mr Segalov, who is now… 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 »
New decision on serious harm
Warby J has handed down a decision on s. 1(2) of the Defamation Act 2013 in Brett Wilson LLP v Persons Unknown [2015] EWHC 2628 (QB). This is the first time a court has considered… Read More »
Lachaux: Judgment on serious harm
On 30 July 2015 Warby J handed down judgment on preliminary issues in Lachaux v AOL (UK), Independent Print Ltd & Evening Standard Ltd. The judgment dealt with whether the articles complained of caused or… Read More »
B&B Owner refused injunction
The High Court has refused to grant an interim injunction against Airbnb to stop the company from discussing complaints received against a B&B owner with third parties as there was no risk of it doing… Read More »
Permission granted to add data protection claim
On 16 July 2015 Mr Justice Dingemans handed down his judgment on an application in the case of His Highness Prince Moulay Hicham Ben Abdullah Al Alaoui of Morocco v Elaph Publishing Limited. The Claimant… Read More »
MPs may no longer waive parliamentary privilege
MPs and Peers are no longer able to waive parliamentary privilege for the purposes of defamation proceedings since the coming into force of Schedule 23 paragraph 44 of the Deregulation Act 2015 on 26 May… Read More »
Mail loses JK Rowling appeal
Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail Online, has failed to overturn the judgment of Tugendhat J that JK Rowling could read a proposed statement in open court. Joanne Murray, better known under her JK… Read More »
Mosque dispute claimants awarded £45,000 each
Judgment has been given by Mr Justice Jeremy Baker in Asghar & Mujahid v Ahmad, Ali, Bhutt and Hayat. The Claimants succeeded in proving that they had been defamed by the Fourth Defendant, Mr Hayat,… Read More »
Privy Council hears libel appeal
On Wednesday 22 April 2015, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Lords Clarke, Wilson, Sumption, Carnwath and Toulson) heard what is expected to be its last appeal from the Commonwealth of Dominica, which concerned… Read More »
Cruddas Appeal allowed in part
On 17 March 2015 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Cruddas v (1) Calvert (2) Blake (3) Times Newspapers Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 171. Mr Cruddas had brought claims in libel and malicious… Read More »
N-word text appeal dismissed
The bid by former professional footballer and Kick It Out ambassador Paul Elliott to have the libel claim against him by fellow former professional Richard Rufus struck out by the Court of Appeal has failed…. Read More »
Times costs appeal in Flood rejected
The Court of Appeal has rejected the appeal brought by Times Newspapers Ltd against the costs ruling made by Nicola Davies J in Gary Flood’s favour at the conclusion of his claim for libel. The claim arose… Read More »
‘Plebgate’ Judgment
Today Mr Justice Mitting gave judgment on the preliminary issue of whether the words complained of were substantially true in the claims between Andrew Mitchell MP, News Group Newspapers publishers of The Sun, and PC… Read More »
Man held in contempt by Gibraltar court
The Supreme Court of Gibraltar has found that a claim brought by Terence Ewing against the Sunday Times in respect of a matter already litigated in three other jurisdictions was a serious abuse of process… Read More »