Cases

Wood v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police

December 8, 2003

Defamation - Libel - qualified privilege - summary judgment - privilege of a police officer to warn the clients of an unconvicted defendant not to trade with his business

Jameel & Another v Wall Street Journal Europe (CA)

November 26, 2003

Libel - meaning - preliminary ruling as to capable meanings - qualified privilege - admissibility of evidence bearing on truth of allegation complained of

Polanski v Conde Nast Publications Ltd (CA)

November 11, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Civil procedure - Civil evidence - Human Rights - CPR - Video conference link

Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd

November 11, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Reynolds qualified privilege - application to strike out defence of privilege- alternatively for summary judgment - whether the law as to qualified privilege was in a state of flux

Jameel & Another v Times Newspapers Ltd

November 7, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Meaning of words complained of - Whether article capable of being defamatory of corporate claimant - Justification - Summary judgment

Oliver v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police

October 14, 2003

Defamation - Slander - Fair Comment - Qualified Privilege -summary judgment - Police

Pedder v News Group Newspapers Ltd

October 7, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Abuse of process - Human Rights -Whether an attempt to re-litigate issues already decided against Claimants in a similar action should be struck out as an abuse of the process - whether the Defendants could rely upon the Claimants being on a conditional fee agreement without ate insurance to justify striking out the claim

Downtex v Flatley

October 2, 2003

Defamation - Civil procedure - Summary disposal - Summary judgment - s8 Defamation Act 1996- Qualified Privilege - injunction

Vassiliev v Amazon.com Inc

October 2, 2003

Defamation - Civil procedure - Summary judgment - Abuse of process - Fair comment - Related proceedings - whether the issues were sufficiently similar

Powell v Boladz & others

September 19, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Delay - Striking out - Abuse of process - Human Rights - Articles 6, 8 & 10 European Convention on Human Rights

Blake v Associated Newspapers Limited

July 31, 2003

Defamation- Libel - Civil Procedure- Ecclesiastical- Human Rights- Arts 6, 10 - Stay of Proceedings- Justiciability - whether deference to religious doctrine outweighs right of access to the courts

Gray v Avadis

July 30, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Absolute privilege - Qualified Privilege - Striking Out - Summary Judgment - whether publications in and to the Office of Supervision of Solicitors were covered by absolute privilege

Oduro v Time Life

July 30, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Meanings - Strike out application - Abuse of process

Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation v Wall Street Journal Europe (No.2)

July 21, 2003

Defamation - Libel - justification - sufficient grounds for investigation - reasonable grounds to suspect - allegations of involvement in terrorist funding

Greenaway and Williams v Poole

July 21, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Justification - Qualified Privilege - Malice - Elections - s.10 Defamation Act 1952 - Damages

Sheikha Mouza al Misnad v Azzaman Ltd & Others

July 21, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Summary disposal - CPR Part 24 - s.8 Defamation Act 1996 - Conflict of laws - Publication in multiple foreign jurisdictions - Reynolds privilege - Standards of responsible journalism

Gleaner Co v Abrahams

July 14, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Damages - Whether the award by the jury was excessive - Constitutional law - Human Rights- Freedom of expression - foreign jurisdictions - Jamaica

Milne v Express Newspapers (No.2)

July 10, 2003

Defamation - Libel - offer of amends - rejection of offer of amends - the correct test under s4(3) Defamation Act 1996

Reuben & Others v Time Inc & Another (No.2)

July 3, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Validity of service - Service out of jurisdiction - Forum conveniens - Amendment of claim form - Earlier publication - s.35(5)(a), Limitation Act 1980

Keays v Guardian Newspapers Ltd & Others

July 1, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Fair comment - Inferences as to state of mind - Whether allegation of fact or comment - CPR part 24

Stallwood & Stallwood v Smith

July 1, 2003

Defamation- Libel - Qualified Privilege- Summary Judgment-Part 24- Whether pre-action correspondence between a prospective litigant and a solicitor are protected by qualified privilege

Pedersen and Baadsgaard v Denmark

June 19, 2003

Human Rights - Defamation - Libel - Article 10 - Freedom of Expression - TV Documentary about wrongful conviction - Journalists fined for defaming senior police officer - whether interference necessary in a democratic society

Vassiliev v Frank Cass & Co Ltd

June 13, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Qualified privilege - Reply to attack - Friend of deceased victim - Original victim having no claim in libel - Common interest privilege - Publication in specialist journal - Publication on internet - Reynolds privilege

Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corp v Wall Street Journal Europe

June 12, 2003

Defamation - Libel - amendment - justification - allegations of association with institutions or persons suspected of terrorism - whether such allegations breach established principles of law

Maris & Others v Walsh

June 11, 2003

Defamation - Libel - breach of confidence - threat to publish -interim injunction.

Musa King v Telegraph Group Ltd (QBD)

June 9, 2003

Defamation - libel - civil procedure - Conditional fee arrangements - Human Rights - Articles 6, 10 - justification - whether it was permissible to justify the meaning that the police suspected the claimant of involvement in terrorist offences

Webster v British Gas Services Ltd

May 23, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Slander - Qualified privilege - Malice - Malicious Falsehood - Summary judgment -Part 24

Harrods Ltd v Dow Jones & Co Inc

May 22, 2003

Defamation - libel - jurisdiction - whether the claimant could sue the defendant in this jurisidiction

Adams v Guardian Newspapers Ltd

May 7, 2003

Libel - Defamatory meaning - Parliamentary privilege - Fair comment - Veritas (justification) - Reynolds qualified privilege - whether a Reynolds qualified privilege defence is applicable in Scotland

Charterhouse Clinical Research Unit Ltd v Richmond Pharmacology Ltd

May 2, 2003

Defamation - Trade libel - Human rights - Freedom of expression - s.12(4) Human Rights Act 1998 - Art.10 European Convention on Human Rights

Sharma v Jay & Others

April 15, 2003

Defamation- Harassment- Protection from Harassment Act 1997- Malice- Slander- Application to strike out claim for harassment and plea of malice- CPR Part 3.4 and Part 24.2

Bennett & Another v BBC & Another

March 20, 2003

Defamation - libel - particulars of justification - whether the defendant could justify the common sting of the whole article when the Claimant only complained about parts of it

Kearns v General Council of the Bar

March 17, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Qualified privilege - Existing relationship - Summary judgment - CPR Part 24

ICN Photonics Ltd v Patterson

March 13, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Rulings on Meaning - Slander of Goods - Whether defamatory imputation carried about the manufacturer - Function of Appeal Court

Rigg v Associated Newspapers Ltd

March 7, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Offer of amends - s2 Defamation Act 1996 - Disclosure - Whether journalist's notes should be disclosed

Howlett v Holding and Holding & Barnes Plc

February 25, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Qualified privilege - Striking out - CPR 3.4(2) - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24

Tanner v Filby and Howell

February 20, 2003

Defamation - Justification - Fair comment - Issue estoppel - Abuse of process - Fair Trial - Freedom of Expression - Human rights - Article 6 - Article 10 - European Convention on Human Rights

Halford v Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary & Another

February 13, 2003

Defamation - Libel - Qualified privilege - Malice - Withdrawal of malice from jury

Cleese v Clark & Associated Newspapers Limited

February 6, 2003

Defamation- Libel - Offer of Amends Procedure- Hearing to assess compensation- Section 3(5) Defamation Act 1996 - Damages.