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Solicitor General v Yaxley-Lennon [2024] EWHC 2732 (KB), [2025] EWCA Civ 476
Mr Yaxley-Lennon admitted 10 breaches of an injunction imposed on him by Nicklin J in the libel case of Hijazi v Yaxley-Lennon, including publishing online a film that repeated the libel. Johnson J committed him to prison for 18 months (less 3 days for time spent in custody on remand) comprising a punitive element of 14 months and a coercive element of 4 months, which would be remitted if Mr Yaxley-Lennon were to remove his film from his social media accounts and take all possible steps to secure its removal from other online sources. Mr Yaxley-Lennon brought an out-of-time appeal against the penalty, contending that, because he was being segregated from other prisoners for his own safety, prison conditions were harsher than Johnson J had anticipated and, in reliance on a recently obtained psychologist’s report, that his imprisonment had caused his mental health to deteriorate and that he had been suffering from undiagnosed ADHD at the time of sentence. The Court of Appeal granted an extension of time and permitted reliance on the psychologist’s report but dismissed the appeal. The prison conditions were not materially harsher or more onerous than the Judge foresaw. There had been some evidence about Mr Yaxley-Lennon’s mental health before Johnson J and the new medical evidence did not show either a significant exacerbation of a known condition or a material new factor.
Wei & Ors v Long & Ors [2025] EWHC 158 (KB)
defamation – jurisdiction – publishers at common law – s.10 Defamation Act 2013 – s.13 Defamation Act 2013
Iqbal v Geo TV Limited
(1) Joseph Pacini, (2) Carsten Geyer v Dow Jones & Company Inc [2024] EWHC 2714 (KB)
Hawrami v Journalism Development Network Inc & Ors
Libel – Preliminary Issues Trial – meaning – qualified privilege – s. 15 Defamation Act 1996
Vince v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Libel – strike out – meaning – the rule in Charleston
Ryland v Channel Four Television Corporation [2024] UKFTT 603
The Appellant made a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information about advertising and sponsorship revenue received by Channel 4 from Sainsbury’s. The Information Commissioner upheld Channel Four’s refusal to provide the information on the basis that it was held for the purposes of journalism, art or literature and therefore not held in Channel Four’s capacity as a public authority under the Act (i.e. that the so-called “derogation” applied). On appeal, the Appellant argued that he was seeking only aggregated information, not the “building blocks” consisting of specific figures for specific programme sponsorships etc, and that there was insufficient connection between that aggregated information and the purposes of journalism etc to engage the derogation. The First-tier Tribunal disagreed, holding that it was necessary to consider whether the “building blocks” were pieces of information held for the purposes of journalism etc. Having heard detailed evidence about how modern TV advertising works, the Tribunal accepted Channel Four’s case and upheld the Information Commissioner’s Decision Notice.
Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Alexander Greensill
Open justice – Article 8 – Pre-hearing access to witness statements – Non-parties
Harcombe v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - preliminary issues - trial of public interest defence under s.4 Defamation Act 2013 - Curistan - reporting privilege under s.15 Defamation Act 1996 - privilege for publication of a summary of a peer-reviewed scientific article under s.6(5) Defamation Act 2013 - meaning - fact or opinion - honest opinion - not believing an opinion under s.3(5) Defamation Act 2013
Mueen-Uddin v SSHD
Libel – Hunter abuse – Jameel abuse – Rule in Dingle
George v Cannell
Malicious falsehood - proper interpretation of s.3, Defamation Act 1952 - whether s.3 requires a claimant to prove actual pecuniary damage or only its likelihood at the time of publication - whether damages for injury to feelings are recoverable if pecuniary damage sustained is only nominal
Various Claimants v NGN (TPI)
TPI - Phone Hacking Litigation - Limitation
Clifford v Millicom Services UK Ltd & Ors
Reporting Restriction Orders – Rule 50 – Article 8 ECHR – Whistleblowing – Confidentiality
WFZ v British Broadcasting Corporation
Blake and ors v Fox
Libel – serious harm – social media – causation – qualified privilege
Bermuda Press (Holdings) Limited v Tamine
Breach of confidence – misuse of private information – interim injunctions
Baroness Lawrence & Ors v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Summary judgment – strike out – misuse of private information – limitation
Cooper v Evans & anor
Electoral law - s.106 injunction - false statements of fact - personal character or political
Blake & ors v Fox (CA)
Natural & Ordinary Meaning - Fact or Opinion - Definition - Trials of Preliminary Issue
Green v (1) Hannah-Wood & (2) Rouse
Election Petition - Representation of the People Act - Local Government Act - frustration - declarations - Special Case - Summary Judgment - Election Petition Rules
Wright v McCormack (CA)
Libel – Reduction of general damages for litigation misconduct
Davidoff & Ors v Hargrave
Defamation – Strike out – Reference innuendo – Ordinary reasonable reader
McGee v Lewis
Libel – Harassment – Privacy – Judgment in Default – Injunctive relief
Chishti v Spottiswoode & Ors
Defamation – preliminary issue – single meaning –- context – hyperlink – Chase levels
R (Alexander) v Secretary of State for Justice
Judicial review – Prisoner communications – Irrationality – Article 10 – PSI 37/2010
Amersi v Leslie and another
Libel - Serious harm under s.1 Defamation Act 2013
Lownie v FCDO
Freedom of Information - FOIA - National Security - Public Records - National Archives - transferred public record - historical documents
Armstrong Watson LLP v Person(s) Unknown
Interim injunction - Ransomware attack - data breach - blackmail - breach of confidence - private hearing
Muhammad v Daily The News International
Jurisdiction - s.10 Defamation Act 2013 - service - CPR Part 6 - author, editor & publisher
R (MNL) v Westminster Magistrates’ Court
Reporting restrictions – Article 8 – open justice – Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Clifford v Millicom Services UK Ltd
Reporting Restrictions - Rule 50, Employment Tribunals Regulations 2013 - Article 8 - Employment Tribunal
Stoute v News Group Newspapers Limited
Misuse of private information – interim injunction – return dates
Soriano v Le Point & Anor
Libel - Specific disclosure - Subscriber data
Pendragon Plc v Person(s) Unknown
Breach of Confidence – Blackmail – Injunction Against Person(s) Unknown – Application for continuation of interim injunction on return date – Default judgment – Derogations from Open Justice
Hinduja v Hinduja
Open justice – reporting restrictions – Article 8 – Article 10 – Court of Protection
Smith v Backhouse
Enforceability and acceptance of undertakings - Settlement
Sir James Dyson & Ors v Channel Four Television Corporation & Anor
Libel – reference – corporate claimants – defamatory meaning
Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney
Libel – Defence under s.2 of the Defamation Act 2013
Guardian News & Media v The Executor of HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (deceased) & Her Majesty’s Attorney-General
Open Justice - Non-Contentious Probate Proceedings - Whether the media has a right to be heard in proceedings in which it is not a party - Whether the President of the Family Division should have held a private hearing not on notice to the media - the role of the Attorney-General
George v Cannell (CA)
Malicious falsehood - proper interpretation of s.3, Defamation Act 1952 - whether s.3 requires a claimant to prove actual pecuniary damage or only its likelihood at the time of publication - whether damages for injury to feelings are recoverable if pecuniary damage sustained is only nominal
Soriano v Le Point & Anor
Libel – summary judgment – strike out – serious harm
(1) Dr Fatima Jabbar (2) DRJ55 Limited v AVIVA Insurance UK and others (No 1)
Libel – summary judgment – absolute privilege – experts – CPR Part 35
(1) Kumlin (2) EEW Eco Energy World plc v (1) Jonsson (2) Agerman (3) Östlund (4) Realtid Media AB
Libel - jurisdiction - centre of interests - Brussels Recast Regulation - serious harm - serious financial loss - rule against Reflective Loss - holding companies - trading reputation - rule in Marinari - causation - applicable law - double-actionability - eCommerce Directive
Millicom Services UK Limited & Ors v Michael Clifford
Reporting Restrictions – Open Justice – Article 8 – Article 10 – Confidentiality
BW Legal Services Limited v Glassdoor Inc
Norwich Pharmacal relief - Allegedly defamatory posts - Whether a declaration should be made that the court had no jurisdiction to try the claim because no valid service had been effected - Whether a declaration should be made that the court should not exercise its jurisdiction because of an exclusive jurisdiction clause in the Defendant's Terms of Use and/or because it was contended that the Claimant obtained an Order improperly or unfairly
Raffaele Mincione v Gedi Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A
Defamation – Libel – Internet injunction – Jurisdiction
Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney
Libel – disclosure – journalistic sources – section 10 Contempt of Court Act 1981 – Article 10 ECHR – waiver – witness summonses
(1) Dr Fatima Jabbar (2) DRJ55 Limited v AVIVA Insurance UK and others (No 2)
Libel; absolute privilege; jurisdiction to hand down of judgment after parties conclude settlement.
The Ince Group plc v Person(s) Unknown
Interim Injunction application - Ransonware attack - Data breach - blackmail - breach of confidence - private hearing
Guardian News & Media v (1) Rozanov; (2) EFG Private Bank Ltd
Open Justice - Access to Documents
Attorney General v BBC
Open justice – whether hearing in public or private pursuant to CPR 39.2 – national security
ZXC v Bloomberg LP
Misuse of Private Information – Breach of Confidence – Data Protection Act 1998 – Article 8 – Article 10 – criminal investigations – letter of request – journalism
Vardy v Rooney
Joinder – Disclosure – Amendments – Further Information
Stadler v Currys Group Ltd
Data protection – misuse of private information – breach of confidence – negligence – smart devices – Jameel – de minimis – allocation
R (on the application of Newsquest Media Group Ltd) v Legally Qualified Chair of the Police Misconduct Tribunal
Open justice – anonymity – statutory disciplinary proceedings
Blake, Seymour & Thorp v Fox
Trials of Preliminary Issue - Meaning - Honest Opinion - Default Judgment - Relief From Sanctions - Trial by Jury - Shadow Pleadings
Soriano v Forensic News LLC & ors
Libel – Jurisdiction – Service Out – s.9 Defamation Act 2013 – Malicious Falsehood – s.3 Defamation Act 1952 – Loutchansky Malice – data protection – GDPR – Data Protection Act 2018 – UKGDPR – territorial applicability
Mahmudov & Mahmudova v Goni Sanzberro & ors
Libel – Jurisdiction – Brussels Recast Regulation – Centre of Interests
Abdulrazaq v Hassan & Ors
Libel - Publication of reasons for exclusion of individuals from mosque - Qualified privilege - Duty/interest - Reply to attack - Malice - Summary judgment
Johnson v Eastlight Community Homes
Data Protection – Misuse of Private Information – Breach of Confidence – Negligence – Jameel – De Minimis – Allocation
Wright v McCormack
Defamation – libel – amendment – serious harm – Dingle – Burstein
Rolfe v Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP
Data protection – harm – de minimis - summary judgment
Farhan Junejo v New Vision TV Limited
Preliminary issue – whether publication occurred within jurisdiction – litigation bias – delay in issuing – destruction of records
Ashley v Times Newspapers Limited
Defamation - Libel - Trial of Preliminary Issues - Meaning - Defamatory imputation - Statement of fact / expression of opinion - Whether the repetition rule is engaged - Multiple publications
Cilliers v Gibraltar Health Authority
Libel – Malicious Falsehood – Slander - Strike out – Jurisdiction of Employment Tribunal - Johnson exclusion area – Summary judgment – Jameel abuse
Blackledge v Persons Unknown
Defamation – Libel – Harassment – Data Protection – Quantum – Damages – Injunction – Section 13 order
Greenstein v Campaign Against Antisemitism
Defamation - Libel - Malice- Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - Spent Convictions - Whether the malice plea relating to spent convictions was correctly struck out
Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney
Libel – summary judgment – strike out – social media – proportionality
Hodges v Naish
Slander - preliminary issues - publication - defamatory meaning - slanders actionable per se - serious harm - limitation
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd
Libel - publication on matter of public interest - s.4, Defamation Act 2013 - damages
Canary Riverside Estate Management Ltd & Ors v Coates
Confidentiality – Abuse of Process – Amendments – Confidentiality Club – Disclosure
(1) Allen (2) Wood v (1) Panorama Limited (2) Olivero
Defamation claims in Gibraltar – right to trial by jury – application of Defamation Act 2013 to Gibraltar - jurisdiction
Corbyn v Millett
Preliminary issue – whether statement fact or opinion – bare comment – whether statement defamatory at common law
Soriano v Silverstein
Libel – section 9 Defamation Act 2013 – jurisdiction – service out – forum conveniens – service gateways – centre of interests
Lady Colin Campbell v MGN Ltd
Defamation - Meaning - Ambiguity - Extraneous Evidence - General Knowledge
Sahota v Middlesex Broadcasting Corporation Ltd & Ors
Defamatory meaning - Foreign language television broadcast - Whether defamatory - Whether fact or opinion
Parris v Ajayi & Ors
Libel - Malicious Falsehood - Strike out - Amendments - Henderson v Henderson abuse of process - Consent to disciplinary procedure within employment context - Friend v Civil Aviation Authority- Claim for losses flowing from dismissal - Jurisdiction of Employment Tribunal - Johnson exclusion area - Johnson v Unisys Ltd - Jameel abuse of process - Failure to provide reference
Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Misuse of private information-breach of copyright-summary judgment and/or strike out of defence
Tinkler v Ferguson & others
Malicious Falsehood – Abuse of Process – Section 3 Defamation Act 1952
(1) Williams (2) Wickham-Jones (3) Lownie v (1) IC (2) FCDO
FOIA - exemptions - national security - Information Commissioner's Guidance - "in the alternative" - public law
Wright v Granath (CA)
Defamation – Jurisdiction – Lis Pendens – Lugano Convention – Negative Declaratory Relief
Soriano v Forensic News & ors
Libel - section 9 Defamation Act 2013 - jurisdiction - service-out - forum conveniens - malicious falsehood - GDPR - data protection - establishment - extra-territoriality - service gateways - centre of interests
True Vision Productions Ltd v Information Commissioner
Data Protection – Journalism Exemption (DPA 1998, s32) – Monetary Penalty Notices
Gerrard & Anor v (1) ENRC Ltd (2) Diligence International LLC
Covert surveillance – harassment – strike out - legal professional privilege
Napag Trading Ltd & Ors v GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A & Anor
Defamation – Libel – CPR Part 11 – Jurisdiction – Serious Harm – s.1, Defamation Act 2013 – Reference – Publication
Wan-Bissaka & Anor v Bentley
Greenstein v Campaign against Antisemitism
Defamation - Libel - s3, Defamation Act 2013 - Honest Opinion - Malice - Truth - Spent Convictions - Whether the Defendant should be granted summary judgment - Whether the malice plea should be struck out -
Data Protection - Misuse of Private Information - Spent Convictions- Abuse of Process
Depp v News Group Newspapers
libel – Defence under s.2 of the Defamation Act 2013
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou v (1) Telegraph Media Group (2) Mr Ben Marlow
Defamation – Trial of Preliminary Issues – Meaning – Honest Opinion – Defamatory at common law
Aven & Ors v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd
Data Protection Act 1998 – s.35 exemption (legal purposes) – s.28 exemption (national security) – remedies
Tinkler v Ferguson & Ors
Malicious Falsehood – Strike Out – Abuse of Process – Damage – Jameel abuse
Serafin v Malkiewicz & Others
Libel - unfair judicial treatment - order for retrial - s 4 Defamation Act 2013 - defence of publication on matter of public interest
JQL v NTP
Privacy - breach of confidence - social media - real and substantial tort - general damages - aggravated damages - injunctive relief
Fortescue Metals Group & anor v (1) Argus Media Ltd (2) S&P Global Inc
Breach of Confidence - Trade Secrets - Injunction - Public Interest
CWD v Nevitt & Ors
Privacy - defamation - anonymity - r16 order - reporting restrictions - s11 Contempt of Court Act 1981
ZXC v Bloomberg LP
Misuse of Private Information – Breach of Confidence – Data Protection Act 1998 – Article 8 – Article 10 – criminal investigations – letter of request – journalism
(1) Greensill Capital (UK) Limited (2) Alexander Greensill v Reuters News And Media Limited
Defamation - Meaning - Preliminary Issue - Hearing Bundle
Sube v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Express Newspapers (No 3)
Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Harassment by Media Publications - Data Protection Act 1998 - s.10 Data Protection Act 1998 - s.14 Data Protection Act 1998
Hunter v Cooper & ors
Defamation – Libel – Slander – Limitation – Strike-Out – Summary Judgment – Equality Act 2010 – contract – tort – County Court – transfer – Abuse of Process
BVG v LAR (No 2)
Blackmail - Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - Harassment - Summary Judgment - Final Injunction