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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
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd
Libel - publication on matter of public interest - s.4, Defamation Act 2013 - damages
Hodges v Naish
Slander - preliminary issues - publication - defamatory meaning - slanders actionable per se - serious harm - limitation
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
WM Morrison Supermarkets plc (Appellant) v Various Claimants (Respondents)
Vicarious liability – Data Protection Act 1998 – Misuse of private information – Breach of confidence
R (Autonomous Non-Profit Organisation TV-Novosti) v The Office of Communications
Media regulation - Ofcom - codes of practice - sanction - impartiality - political speech - Judicial Review - Article 10 - proportionality
Re Al M (Reporting Restrictions Order)
Reporting Restrictions - Witness Anonymity - Right to Life (Art 2) - Prohibition against torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Art 3) - Freedom of Expression (Article 10) - Blackmail
Dimitri Rozanov v EFG Private Bank Limited
Open Justice – Access to Court Documents – Disclosure of documents to a non-party
Triplark Limited v Northwood Hall (Freehold) Ltd & others
Defamation - Trial of Preliminary Issues - Corporate Claimant - Meaning - Defamatory Meaning at Common Law - Honest Opinion
DSM SFG Group Holdings Limited v Kelly
Breach of Confidence - Harassment - Discharge of Undertakings to the Court - The extent, if at all, that it is permissible for a litigant to rely on confidential information, obtained by covert recording of another's premises, to support a legal claim before that litigant has established the right to use that information
Anna Turley v Unite the Union and Stephen Walker
Libel – Trial – Liability for publication – Serious harm – Truth – Public interest – Assessment of damages – CPR Part 36
UKIP Ltd v Braine & Ors
Injunction - Without Notice - Blackmail - Disclosure - Breach of Confidence – s.12, Human Rights Act 1998 - Interim Non-Disclosure Orders
Kirkegaard v Smith
Defamation - Meaning - Honest Opinion - Preliminary Issue Trial
UUU v BBB
Blackmail - Harassment - Legitimate Expectation of Privacy - ECHR Article 8 - "Without Prejudice" privilege - Anonymity - Private Hearing - Practice Guidance: Interim Non-Disclosure Orders
Chandler v O’Connor
Libel – Twitter – Summary Relief – Defamation Act 1996 – Assessment of Damages
EuroEco Fuels (Poland) Ltd & Ors v Szczecin and Swinoujscie Seaports Authority SA & Ors
Tort - Defamation - Libel - Jurisdiction - Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 ("Brussels Recast Regulation") - Arts 7(2) & 30 - related actions - declining jurisdiction - stay of proceedings - Shevill
Sheikh v Associated Newspapers Limited
Defamation - Meaning - Honest Opinion - Preliminary Issue Trial
R (BBC) v Newcastle Crown Court
Judicial Review of a Production Order under PACE
Sadik v Sadik
Defamation - Libel - Strike out - Summary judgment - s.9, Defamation Act 2013 - CPR r.11 - Jurisdiction - Domicile - s.1, Defamation Act 2013 - Serious harm to reputation - Jameel abuse of process
SOJ v JAO
Injunction - Without Notice - Private Hearing- Anonymity - Blackmail - Data Protection - Privacy - Confidentiality - s12, Human Rights Act 1998
Lloyd v Google LLC
Data protection – personal data – Claimant seeking compensation for “damage” suffered by reason of contravention of statutory data protection requirement – whether “same interest” condition satisfied for bringing representative action under CPR r19.6
AAA v Rakoff
Injunction - Privacy – Anonymity - Expedition
BVC v EWF (No. 2)
Injunction - Privacy - Harassment - jurisdiction - summary judgment
(1) GC (2) AF (3) BH (4) ED v CNIL
Right to be forgotten – special category data– full controller obligations only bite on search engine when delisting request made – obligation to create accurate impression about current legal proceedings
Google v CNIL
Right to be forgotten – territorial scope of de-referencing request – no requirement for global delisting – use of geo-blocking
BVG v LAR (No 1)
Blackmail - Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - Harassment - Interim Injunction- Non-Disclosure Application
Caine v Advertiser & Times Ltd and Ors (No. 2)
libel – malicious falsehood – res judicata / cause of action estoppel – abuse of process – Extended Civil Restraint Order – liability for hyperlinked content – jurisdiction of a Deputy High Court Judge – totally without merit applications
Simon v Lyder
Defamation - Libel - Appeal from Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago - Reliance upon subsequent facts - The extent which, if at all, two or more different statements made upon different occasions by the same defendant may be aggregated for the purpose of giving rise to a cause of action in defamation
Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG v Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV
Data protection – Facebook plugin embedded on website – joint controllers
Choudhrie v Choudhrie
Declaration – Breach of confidence – Marital confidence – Strike out - Jameel Abuse
R (oao TT) v The Registrar General for England and Wales
Anonymity - Parties to proceedings - Article 8 - Article 10 - rights of children
A & B v X & Y and Times Newspapers Ltd
Anonymity - employment - Employment Appeal Tribunal - sexual offences
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
Kennedy v National Trust for Scotland
Libel – Data Protection – Service within the Jurisdiction – forum non conveniens – Scotland – Deemed Service – Validity of the Claim Form
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
Richard Burgon MP v News Group Newspapers Limited and Thomas Newton Dunn
Libel - Malicious Falsehood - Data Protection
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
Cooper v National Crime Agency
Data protection – sensitive personal data – data sharing in the context of criminal and disciplinary proceedings – police forces – unfair dismissal.
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
Lownie v (1) The Information Commissioner (2) National Archives (3) FCO
Data Protection – Freedom of Information Act
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
Sabados v Facebook Ireland
Norwich Pharmacal – Confidentiality – Misuse of Private Information – Data Protection
Ministry of Justice v Ellis
Suspended order for committal and general civil restraint order upheld
Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein v Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein GmbH
Data protection – data controller – joint responsibility – Facebook and Facebook fan page