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Solicitor General v Holmes
Contempt in the face of the court – guidance where committal pursued in the Divisional Court
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd
Defamation – serious harm to reputation under s.1, Defamation Act 2013 – construction – accrual of cause of action – role of meaning of words – role of inference in determination of issue of serious harm – applicability of repetition rule and rule in Dingle v Associated Newspapers to determination of issue of serious harm
Spicer v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Defamation - meaning - preliminary issue trial - bane and antidote
Alsaifi v Secretary of State for Education
Defamation - Spokesperson's quote in newspaper article - Meaning - Principles governing quoted source liability - Serious Harm - Effect of Prior Court Judgment on reputational harm - Qualified Privilege - Press Releases
Butt v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Defamation – meaning – honest opinion
Serafin v Malkiewicz
Libel – public interest – truth – damages – unfair judicial treatment
XW v XH (Court of Appeal)
Court of Appeal – Financial remedies – Reporting Restrictions – Anonymity
RJ v Tigipko 2
Reporting Restrictions – Contempt of Court Act 1981 – Anonymity
Greenstein v Campaign against Antisemitism
Defamation - Meaning - Expressions of Opinion or Statements of Fact - Preliminary Issue Trial - Antisemitism allegations
Linklaters LLP & Linklaters Business Services v Mellish
Breach of Confidence - Injunctions
RJ v Tigipko
Family proceedings – Reporting Restrictions – Administration of Justice Act 1960 - Children Act 1989 - Anonymity
BBC v Independent Office for Police Conduct
Information Notice Appeal – Investigatory Powers – Police Reform Act 2002 – Article 10
Nugent v Willers
Defamation - Limitation - Discretionary exclusion of time limit for actions for defamation or malicious falsehood - s.30A of the Limitation Act 1984 (Isle of Man) - s.32A Limitation Act 1980 (England & Wales)
Carruthers v Associated Newspapers Limited, Carruthers v News Group Newspapers Limited
Defamation – Meaning – Honest Opinion – Summary Judgment
Wafic Rida Saïd v (1) Groupe L’Express (2) Guillaume Dubois
Defamation – Jurisdiction – Serious Harm – Jameel Abuse – Online Publication - Injunction - Centre of Interests
Zahir Monir v Steve Wood
Libel – Social Media – Twitter – Meaning – Reference – Agency – Vicarious Liability – Serious Harm – Damages
Poulter v Times Newspapers Limited
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Trial of Preliminary Issue on meaning
Kenny v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs & Another
Slander - Strike out - Summary Judgment - s.1 Defamation Act 2013 - serious harm - abuse of process (Jameel)
Morgan v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation – strike out – amendment – summary judgment – pleading – honest opinion – section 3 Defamation Act 2013
Swift v Information Commissioner & Highways England
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - s. 43 exemption (prejudice to commercial interests) - confidentiality of contractual tenders - public interest
Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
Data Protection Act 1998 – Misuse of private information – Breach of confidence – Vicarious Liability
BVC v EWF
Privacy - injunction - internet publication - jurisdiction - special jurisdiction - Lugano Convention - centre of interests
Hemsworth (formerly ‘SWS’) v Department for Work and Pensions
Anonymity | Open Justice | Misuse of Private Information | Statements in Open Court
Sube v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Express Newspapers (No 2)
Defamation - Defamation Act 2013, s. 1 - Serious Harm - Whether Serious Harm Requirement Can Be Met By Taking Indivual Less Serious Imputations Together Cummulatively
Reay v Beamont
Defamation - privacy - data protection - harassment - preliminary issue - meaning
Lisle-Mainwaring v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Civil Procedure - Permission to Appeal - Application for Permission to High Court - Harassment - Media Harassment - Specific Disclosure - Test for Specific Disclosure
(1) TLU (2) TLV v (1) Secretary of State for the Home Department (2) Home Office
Data protection – Data Protection Act 1998 – Personal Data – Confidential Information
Ministry of Justice v Ellis
Suspended order for committal and general civil restraint order upheld
In the Matter of G (A Child) (transparency)
Family Proceedings - access to documents from court file by non party - Article 8
R (on the application of Drain) v Birmingham Crown Court and others
Trade Marks Act - s.97 Trade Marks Act 1994 - Trade marked goods - Forfeiture order - Article 1 Protocol 1 (A1P1) - Comatibility with European Convention Rights
Sube v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Express Newspapers
Defamation - Meaning - Preliminary Issue - Serious Harm - s.1 Defamation Act 2013 - Data Protection Act 1998 - Equality Act 2010 - Harassment - Striking Out - Amendment
Jonathan Coulter v Independent Press Standards Organisation CIC
IPSO – Judicial Review – Jurisdiction – Third Party Complaints – Accuracy –Irrationality
PML v Person(s) Unknown
Breach of Confidence – Blackmail - Injunction Against Person(s) Unknown – Application for continuation of interim injunction on return date – Derogations from Open Justice
(1) NT1 & (2) NT2 v Google LLC
"right to be forgotten" - Google Search engine - de-listing - Data Protection Act 1998 - misuse of private information - spent convictions - Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - Google Spain SL & another v Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD) and another Case C-131/12 - Article 29 Working Party Guidelines
NPV v QEL & ZED
Interim Injunction - Misuse of Private Information - Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Blackmail - Derogations from Open Justice - Anonymity - Private Hearing - Without Notice to the Defendants
R (on the application of Emblin) v Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs
Judicial Review -Breach of Confidence - Legal Professional Privilege - Suspected Tax Avoidance Schemes - No Confidence in Iniquity - Inducement to Breach Confidence - Alternative Remedies - s.316B Finance Act 2004 (voluntary disclosure to HMRC not restricted by any duty of confidentiality) - Data Protection Act 1998
Galloway v Ali-Khan
Contempt of Court - Breach of Undertakings - Whether to accept admissions
AXB v BXA
Harassment – Misuse of Private Information – Deceit – Anonymity – Injunction
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
Breach of Confidence - Injunction Against Person(s) Unknown - Application for Default Judgment and permanent injunction on paper - CPR 23.8 - Derogations from Open Justice
Shakil Khan (formerly JMO) v Tanweer Khan (formerly KTA)
Harassment – Protection from Harassment Act 1997 – Interim Injunction – Anonymity – Freedom of Expression
Stocker v Stocker
Libel – social media – meaning – justification – publication
Al-Ko Kober Ltd & Anor v Balvinder Sambhi (contempt)
Contempt of court – committal proceedings - injunction – malicious falsehood – Data Protection Act 1998
Appleby Global Group LLC v (1) British Broadcasting Corporation and (2) Guardian News and Media Limited
Transfer of proceedings – Media and Communications List – Confidentiality –Public Interest
Kennedy v National Trust for Scotland
Libel - Data Protection Act 1998 - Negligent Misstatement - forum non conveniens - Scotland - Owusu v Jackson - Service within the Jurisdiction - Deemed Service - Validity of the Claim Form
Appleby Global Group LLC v (1) British Broadcasting Corporation and (2) Guardian News and Media Limited
Breach of Confidence - Specialist lists - Transfer
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
Injunction - Breach of Confidence - Return Date - Derogations from Open Justice
HRH Prince Louis of Luxembourg v HRH Princess Tessy of Luxembourg & anor
Reporting Restrictions – Family Division – Administration of Justice – Article 10 – Article 8
Various Claimants v WM Morrisons Supermarket PLC
In a trial of liability for breach of the Data Protection Act 1998, misuse of private information and breach of confidence: where a then employee of the D had made a copy of the Cs’ private/confidential information held on D’s payroll and uploaded it to the internet, was D liable either on a direct or vicarious liability basis?
Data Protection Act 1998 – Misuse of private information – Breach of confidence – Vicarious liability – DPP7
Brown v Bower & Another
Defamation
Butt v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Defamation - meaning - honest opinion
R v R & Anor
Reporting Restrictions – Court of Appeal – Anonymity Orders – Section 97 Children Act 1989 – Open Justice
Bukovsky v CPS (CA)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Appellate Review
Al-KO Kober Ltd & Anor v Balvinder Sambhi
Interim injunction - malicious falsehood - Bonnard v Perryman - data protection - order under s10 DPA
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd (Serious harm)
On appeal from the decision of Warby J [2016] QB 402; [2015] EWHC 2242 (QB): what was the proper approach to determining whether a statement satisfied the 'serious harm' test in section 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013?
Libel - Serious Harm - Rule in Dingle - Presumption of Harm - Limitation - Defamation Act 2013
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd (Privilege)
On appeal from a decision of Sir Michael Tugendhat [2015] EWHC 3677 (QB): whether the judge erred in granting the Claimant an injunction in respect of material said to be both confidential and covered by Legal Professional Privilege.
Chang Wa Shan v Esther Chan Pui Kwan
Defamation - malicious falsehood - slander - absolute privilege - civil proceedings - informant - damages - causation - remoteness - Hong Kong
Townsend v Google Inc. and Google UK Limited
Data Protection | Privacy
Keith Singh v Joseph Weayou
Libel – Malicious Falsehood – Serious Harm - Qualified Privilege – Honest Opinion - Truth – Malice – Damage
Mionis v Democratic Press SA and others
Appeal - Defamation - Article 10 of the European Convention - Section 12, Human Rights Act 1998 - Settlement - Whether Judge below was correct to have refused application to lift a stay in the proceedings imposed by a Tomlin Order
Howell v South London Church Fund and Southwark Diocesan Board of Finance
Application for pre-action disclosure and interim injunction in libel claim
Lisle-Mainwaring v Associated Newspapers Limited
Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Media Publications - Journalist contact with subject of story - Strike Out - Summary Judgment - Jameel
Ministry of Defence v Information Commissioner & Evans
FOIA appeal concerning disclosure of a directory published by the Defence Export Services Organisation (‘DESO’)
Khuja (formerly known as PNM) v Times Newspapers Ltd
Open Justice – Privacy – Contempt of Court Act 1981 – Criminal Proceedings – Injunctions – Reporting Restrictions – anonymity – postponement of reporting
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Limited & another
Appeal - Interim Injunction – Breach of Confidence – Public Interest – Prior Restraint – Open Justice
Malaga-Cano v Barclay & ors
Slander - Libel - Meaning - Serious Harm - Thornton threshold - Jameel abuse - collateral purpose abuse - common interest privilege - truth - honest opinion - slander per se - "office" or "calling" - Defamation Act 1952 - Defamation Act 2013
Blue v Ashley v Times Newspapers Limited
Open Justice - Disclosure - Application by a non-party for court documents - Power of the court to provide documents to a non-party - CPR 5.4C - CPR 32.12 - CPR 32.13
Nick Brown v (1) Tom Bower & (2) Faber & Faber Limited
Defamation - libel - serious harm - trial of preliminary issue
R v Jemma Beale
Sexual Offences Amendment Act 1992 - anonymity - Contempt of Court Act 1981 - postponement of reporting
Markham and Anor v R
Reporting restrictions - children - s45 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 - excepting direction - Article 8 - Article 10
Sir Cliff Richard OBE v (1) The British Broadcasting Corporation (2) Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
Interim Application - Request for Further Information – Journalistic Sources – Misuse of Private Information – Articles 6, 8 & 10 ECHR.
Ahmed v (1) Express Newspapers (2) Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - s.1 Defamation Act 2013 - serious harm - Jameel grounds - Strike Out CPR 3.4(2) - Summary Judgment CPR 24
Stunt v Associated Newspapers
data protection – the data protection act 1998 – s.32(4) – stay in data protection claims
Mohamed Ali Harrath v (1) Stand for Peace Limited & (2) Samuel Westrop
Libel - Defamation - Damages
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Ltd, Maiya Keidan & Persons Unknown
Interim Injunction - Breach of Confidence – Public Interest – Prior Restraint – Open Justice
Lisle-Mainwaring v Associated Newspapers Ltd & Anor
Defamation – offer of amends – s3(5) defamation act 1996 – Burstein mitigation – s12 Defamation Act 1952 – special damages - removal of republication
Yalland & Ors v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
Anonymity for claimants challenging the government’s alleged decision to leave the EEA without an Act of Parliament
Bains, Kazan-Allen & VNP v Moore, K2 Intelligence Ltd & Bigazzi
Breach of Confidence- Misuse of Private Information - Breach of statutory duty under the Data Protection Act 1998 - Interim Remedies - Delivery Up - Procedure - need for Particulars of Claim
Basuta v Dhemrait
Malicious prosecution - permission to appeal - extensions of time - Denton principles
Norman v Norman
Court of Appeal - anonymity orders – financial remedy proceedings
Barron v Collins
Defamation – slander - libel - offer of amends – s3(5) Defamation Act 1996 – political libels – aggravating conduct during the offer of amends procedure
Flymenow Limited v Quick Air Jet Charter GmbH
Defamation – Meaning – Justification – Qualified Privilege – Abuse of Process - Damages
Wade & Perry v British Sky Broadcasting Limited
Television Format Rights - Breach of Confidence - Confidential Information - Protection of Combination of Features - Inferences Drawn from Findings of Fact - Need to Challenge Evidence by Cross Examination
ERY v Associated Newspapers Limited
(1) Khaled Undre (2) Down to Earth (London) Ltd v London Borough of Harrow (No.2)
Defamation - Offer of Amends - Serious Harm - Burstein Mitigation - Damages
Begg v BBC
Libel – Justification – Meaning - Broadcasting – Islam – Extremism
R ((1) Ingenious Media Holdings plc and (2) Mr Patrick McKenna) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
Ingenious Media v HMRC – Judicial Review – Breach of Confidence – “off the record” – publicity – Supreme Court – statutory construction – common law
Alcott v Ashworth (No. 2)
1980 Hague Convention - Children Act 1989 - Administration of Justice Act 1960 - Open Justice - Transparency - Family Courts - child abduction - privacy injunctions - reporting the courts - contempt of court
(1) Pippa Middleton (2) James Matthews v Persons Unknown
Injunction - persons unknown - misuse of private information - data protection - breach of confidence - copyright
AQA v Newsquest & ors
Injunctions - Misuse of Private Information - Without Notice - section 12 Human Rights Act - Open Justice - Coroners' Court
C (A Child)
The publication of a judgment in care proceedings relating to Child C should not be delayed in order to protect any potential appeal by C's father against his conviction for the murder of C's elder sibling.
Richardson v (1) Trinity Mirror (Merseyside) Ltd (2) Neil Docking
Libel – report of court proceedings - qualified privilege – rehabilitation of offenders – privacy – negligence - harassment
Alexander Economou v David de Freitas
Libel - newspapers, radio, television - identification - responsibility for publication - meaning - serious harm - publication on matter of public interest - Defamation Act 2013 sections 1 and 4
Simpson v Mirror Group Newspapers Limited (CA)
Libel - meaning - justification
Cartier International AG v BSkyB (CA)
Injunctions – s.37 Senior Courts Act 1981 – web-blocking – trade marks – intellectual property – EU law – Norwich Pharmacal orders - costs
TLT v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Data Protection - privacy - misue of personal information – damage under the Data Protection Act 1998 – quantum in data protection claims – evidence in data protection claims
Alexander Economou v David de Freitas (PTR)
Libel - Amendment - Particulars of Claim - New cause of action
PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd (SC)
PJS v News Group Newspapers – Privacy – Injunction – Court of Appeal – Article 8 – Article 10 – Sun on Sunday – Publicity - Permission to Appeal - Appeal - Supreme Court - whether to uphold decision of Court of Appeal to discharge interim injunction
Sarah Lynette Webb v Lewis Silkin LLP
Misuse of private information – Statements in Open Court – Freedom of Expression – Privacy
(1) Khalid Undre, (2) Down to Earth London Ltd v London Borough of Harrow
Libel - Trial of Preliminary Issues - Reference - Meaning - Serious Harm - Serious Financial Loss - Companies
V v Associated Newspapers Ltd and Others
Reporting restriction orders– Court of Protection – Mental Capacity Act 2005 – Article 8