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Abdulrazaq v Hassan & Ors
Libel - Publication of reasons for exclusion of individuals from mosque - Qualified privilege - Duty/interest - Reply to attack - Malice - Summary judgment
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
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
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
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
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
Anglia Research Ltd v Finders Genealogists Ltd
Pre-action disclosure - defamation - harassment - Norwich Pharmacal - serious harm
Abdel-Bari v Nottingham University NHS Trust
Defamation - Libel - Malicious Falsehood - Data Protection Act 1998 - whether to disapply limitation period for claims in libel and malicious falsehood - whether to allow permission to amend to include claim under Data Protection Act 1998
Alvaro Sobrinho v Impresa Publishing SA
Libel – Portuguese Newspaper and Website – Preliminary Issues – Defamatory Meaning – Serious Harm, Defamation Act 2013 s1 – Abuse of Process
Associated Newspapers v Murray
Libel
Ames & anor v The Spamhaus Project Ltd & anor
Libel - serious harm - Jameel abuse - US publication - foreign claimants - real and substantial tort
Al Amoudi v Kifle
Libel - assessment of damages
Andrew James Enforcement Ltd v ITV PLC
Libel - defamatory meaning - capability
Ansari v Knowles
Defamation – joint tortfeasors – settlement with one joint tortfeasor – release of cause of action – satisfaction – Jameel abuse
Al-Amoudi v Kifle
Libel - assessment of damages
Ashcroft v Foley (No 2)
Libel - pleading - justification - honest comment - application for permission to amend - serious allegations - clarity - particularity - relevance - evidential sufficiency - test for pleading justification of serious allegations
Awdry Bailey and Douglas v Kordowski
Libel - strike out - summary judgment - publisher - section 1 Defamation Act 1996 - qualified privilege - abuse of process - amendments - online publication
Ashcroft v Foley
Defamation - Libel - Justification - Fair comment - Honest comment - Reynolds Privilege - Strike out
Defamation - Libel - Further information - Whether corporate defendant could be ordered to provide information about its means and ability to pay a costs order
Apsion v The Bar Standards Board
Appeal from the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Council of the Inns of Court - Whether Tribunal had been correct to conclude that the appellant did not have sufficient competence or expertise to advise in a defamation claim - Whether the charges infringed the Appellant's Art 10 rights
Applause Store Productions Ltd & Firsht v Raphael
Libel - Privacy - Internet publication - Social networking website - Quantum
Alitha Publishing Ltd & Constantinides v Cyprus
Defamation - Article 10 - Reynolds privilege - Responsible journalism - Justification - Fair comment - Qualified privilege - Burdens of proof - Article 8
Atlantis World Group of Companies NV & Another v Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso SpA
Libel - foreign magazine - English publication - small circulation - foreign claimant - corporate claims - proof of reputation - reference - "Jameel" abuse of process
Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No 3)
Libel - Stay - Striking out - Open offer to settle - Abuse of process - Proportionality - Damages - Vindication - Statement in open court - Costs
Akinleye v East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
Summary judgment - Part 24 - Defamation - Qualified privilege - Malice - Dominant motive - No honest belief in truth - Evidence of malice
Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No. 2)
Libel - Amendment - Adding parties - Disapplication of limitation period - Corporate libel claims - Discretion
Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Defamation – Limitation – Substitution of parties – Addition of parties - Mistake - s.35 Limitation Act 1980 – CPR 17.4 and 19.5(3)
Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation – Limitation – Substitution of parties – Addition of parties - Mistake - s.35 Limitation Act 1980 – Civil Procedure Rules 1998
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O’Neill
Defamation – Injunctive relief – Plea of justification – Restraint on publication
Al-Koronky v Time-Life Entertainment Group Ltd & Another (CA)
Libel - Security for costs - Claimants resident in the Sudan - Enforcement of costs - CPR Part 25.12 - CFAs - After the event insurance (ATE) - Discretion - Appeals - Stifling - Fresh evidence - Comity
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (No.3) (QB)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Preliminary Issue
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (No.2) (CA)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Preliminary Issue - Mode of Trial - s.69(1) Supreme Court Act 1981 - prolonged investigation of documents - s.69(3) - discretion - s.69(4) - trials of separate issues
Al Amoudi v Brisard & Another
Defamation - Libel - Publication on the Internet - Whether Claimant is entitled to presumption of law that substantial publication has taken place
Angel v Stainton & Another
Defamation - Libel - Offer of Amends - Compensation
Albert-Engelmann-Gesellschaft mbH v Austria
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR - Defamation - Statement of fact/value judgment - Factual basis - Letter - Author unidentifiable - Publisher not distancing itself from statements
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Preliminary Issue - Mode of Trial - s.69(1) Supreme Court Act 1981 - prolonged investigation of documents - s.69(3) - discretion - s.69(4) - trials of separate issues
Ascension Securities Limited v The Motley Fool Limited
Defamation - Libel - Injunction - Costs
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (CA)
Libel - Justification - Reynolds - Striking Out - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24
Al-Koronky v Time-Life Entertainment Group Ltd & Another (QB)
Libel - Security for Costs - Claimants resident in the Sudan - Enforcement of costs - CPR Part 25.12 - CFAs - After the event insurance (ATE) - Discretion
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (QB)
Libel - Meaning - Reasonable Grounds to Suspect/Investigate - Justification - Qualified Privilege - Reynolds - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24 - Striking Out CPR 3.4 - Costs - Security for Costs - Costs Capping Orders
Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation v Wall Street Journal Europe (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - justification - sufficient grounds for investigation - reasonable grounds to suspect - allegations of involvement in terrorist funding
Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corp v Wall Street Journal Europe
Defamation - Libel - amendment - justification - allegations of association with institutions or persons suspected of terrorism - whether such allegations breach established principles of law
Adams v Guardian Newspapers Ltd
Libel - Defamatory meaning - Parliamentary privilege - Fair comment - Veritas (justification) - Reynolds qualified privilege - whether a Reynolds qualified privilege defence is applicable in Scotland
Abu v MGN Ltd
Defamation - Libel - offer of amends- principles to be applied in assessing compensation under s3(5) of the Defamation Act 1996- damages
Al-Fagih v HH Saudi Research & Marketing
Defamation - Libel - Qualified privilege - Reynolds - Duties of responsible journalists - Verification of information - Political debate - Neutral reportage
Alexander v Arts Council of Wales
Defamation - libel - withdrawing of malice from the jury at conclusion of evidence - right to jury determination - CPR Part 24 - summary jdgment - s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981
Aitken v Preston and Others
Defamation - Libel - Mode of Trial - Trial by Judge alone - Prolonged Examination of Documents - s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981