ABC v Telegraph – CA grants injunction
The Court of Appeal (Sir Terence Etherton, Master of the Rolls, Underhill V-P LJ, and Henderson LJ) handed down judgment on Tuesday 23rd October 2018 granting an interim injunction and allowing the Claimants’ appeal, overturning… Read More »
Couderc v France referred to Grand Chamber
The European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber Panel has decided to refer the case of Couderc and Hachette Filipacchi Associés v France to the Grand Chamber. The Government of France requested the referral, after… 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 »
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 »
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 »
ECHR: Liability of Website Operators for User Comments not a breach
In its 10 October 2013 judgment in the case of Delfi AS v Estonia, the European Court of Human Rights found no breach of the applicant’s Article 10 rights where the domestic court had found… Read More »
Mark Warby QC to speak at JUSTICE Conference
Mark Warby QC of 5RB will speak at the upcoming JUSTICE Human Rights Law Conference on 24th October 2013 at London’s Bloomsbury Hotel. Mark’s session is in the afternoon and is entitled “Freedom of Expression:… Read More »
Blogger loses libel claim against Council
A Blogger, who runs a website called Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and More, has lost her libel claim against a Council and its Chief Executive. Jacqui Thompson had achieved some nationwide publicity when she was arrested… Read More »
Media victorious in Strasbourg
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of the media in two significant judgments delivered today. In Von Hannover v Germany (No 2) (Applications nos. 40660/08 and 60641/08),… Read More »