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Wright v McCormack (CA)
Libel – Reduction of general damages for litigation misconduct
Wright v McCormack
Defamation – libel – amendment – serious harm – Dingle – Burstein
Wright v Granath (CA)
Defamation – Jurisdiction – Lis Pendens – Lugano Convention – Negative Declaratory Relief
Wafic Rida Saïd v (1) Groupe L’Express (2) Guillaume Dubois
Defamation – Jurisdiction – Serious Harm – Jameel Abuse – Online Publication - Injunction - Centre of Interests
Weston v Bates & Leeds United Football Club
Libel – delay – abuse of process – appeal – striking out – civil procedure
Weller v Associated Newspapers Limited
Misuse of private information- Data protection- Human rights- Photographs- Reasonable expectation of privacy- Children- Freedom of expression
White v Express Newspapers (Costs)
libel - costs - meaning - costs of ruling on meaning
White v Express Newspapers (Meaning)
libel - meaning - Chase levels
Waterson v Lloyd
Libel - honest comment - meaning - appeal
Weston v Bates
Libel - service of claim form - service abroad - service of original or copy
Waterson v Lloyd (No 2)
Amendment - part 24 - summary judgment - delay - justification
Waterson v Lloyd
summary judgment - part 24 - defamation - comment or fact - meaning - innuendo meaning - honest comment - newspapers - elections
Wright v Caan
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Natural and ordinary meaning - Innuendo meaning - Whether words complained of capable of bearing meanings pleaded - Whether innuendo properly pleaded - Malicious falsehood - Whether words complained of capable of being likely to cause pecuniary damage - Whether claims in malicious falsehood properly pleaded - Application to amend particulars of claim
White v Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Libel - strike out - summary judgment - absolute privilege - qualified privilege - communications to professional bodies - General Medicial Council - use of material disclosed in the course of proceedings
Wallis v Meredith
Libel - Abuse of process - Jameel - Publication only to Claimant's solicitor - Reliance on Defendant's refusal to specify further publishees as evidence of further publications
Woodbridge v Stapleton
Libel - Qualified privilege - Malice - Summary judgment - Strike out - Jameel v Dow Jones - Abuse of process - Proportionality
Williams v MGN Ltd
Libel - Abuse of process - Defamatory meaning - Limitation - Strike out - Real and substantial tort
Winslet v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Offer of Amends - ss.2-4 Defamation Act 1996- Statement in open court - Unilateral statement in open court after offer of amends - CPR 53PD para 6.1
Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl v UK (Admissibility)
Human rights - Admissibility - Freedom of expression - Article 10, European Convention on Human Rights - Fair trial - Article 6, European Convention on Human Rights - Defamation - Reynolds privilege - Jury directions - Presumption of falsity - Meaning
Wakefield v Ford & Anor
Defamation - Libel - Contract - Malice - Costs - Discontinuance by Claimant - Whether Claimant could accept an 'offer' made by Defendant in without prejudice save as to costs correspondence - Indemnity costs - Payment on account of costs
Warren v The Random House Group Ltd (Nos.1-3) (CA)
Defamation – Libel – Offer of Amends – Defamation Act 1996 – Justification – Articles 6 & 10 ECHR - Burstein particulars – Aggravated damages – Disclosure – Lucas Box meaning - Polly Peck – Severable and distinct charges
Westcott v Westcott (CA)
Defamation - Libel - Slander - Defences - Absolute privilege - Whether complaints to police are covered by absolute or qualified privilege - Preliminary issue
W v JH & A County Council Limited
Libel – Summary judgment – Qualified privilege – ‘Off the peg’ privilege – Lapse of time - Data Protection Act 1998 - Criminal Justice Act 2003
Warren v The Random House Group Ltd (No.3)
Defamation - Libel - Defences - Justification - Lucas-Box meaning - Whether Lucas-Box meaning severable and distinct from meaning complained of - Whether proportionate to allow issues raised by Lucas-Box meaning to be tried
Warren v The Random House Group Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Offer of amends - Justification - Amendment - Discretion - Article 6 ECHR - Article 10 ECHR
Warren v The Random House Group Ltd (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Burstein particulars - Amendment - Aggravated damages - Offer of amends
Westcott v Westcott
Defamation - Libel - Slander - Defences - Absolute privilege - Complaints to police
Wakefield v Channel Four Television & Others (No.3)
Defamation - Libel - Disclosure - Inspection - Documents obtained by GMC in course of inquiry - s.35A Medical Act 1983 - Restriction on collateral use
White v Sweden
Human rights - Right to protection of reputation - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Defamation - Criminal defamation - Gross defamation - Allegation of murder - Allegation not proven but held 'justifiable' to print on 'reasonable basis'
Wirtschafts-Trend Zeitschriften-Verlagsgesellschaft v Austria (No.3)
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Art 10, ECHR - Defamation - Meaning - Criminal offence - Public interest/public figure - Photograph - Injunction
Wakefield v Channel Four Television & Others
Defamation - Libel - Stay of proceedings - concurrent GMC disciplinary proceedings - concurrent libel proceedings - Article 6 - Right to trial within a reasonable time
Wirtschafts-Trend Zeitschriften-Verlags GmbH v Austria
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Art 10, ECHR - Defamation - Value judgment - Sufficient factual basis - Politician - Proportionality
W v Westminster City Council (No.2)
Defamation - libel - qualified privilege - malice - Human Rights - Article 8 ECHR - s. 7 & s. 8 Human Rights Act 1998
W v Westminster CC & Others
Defamation - libel - absolute privilege - qualified privilege - malice - s.7 Human Rights Act 1998
Wood v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police (CA)
Defamation - libel - qualified privilege - summary judgment - slander - amendment to add case in slander after the close of evidence at trial - s.32A Limitation Act 1980 - CPR 17.4
Worme & Another v Commissioner of Police of Grenada
Human Rights - Criminal Libel - Public Figures - Public Interest - Freedom of Expression - Reputation - Intentional Libel - Defences - Qualified Privilege - ss.252, 253, 257 and 258 Criminal Code of Granada - s.10 Constitution of Granada
Wood v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police
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
Webster v British Gas Services Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Slander - Qualified privilege - Malice - Malicious Falsehood - Summary judgment -Part 24
Wilkey & Another v BBC
Civil procedure - Late service of claim form - Deemed date of service - Actual date of service - Dispensing with service under CPR Part 6.9 - Exceptional circumstances - Claimant at fault
Wallis v Valentine
Defamation - Libel - Summary Judgment - Evidence of Publication - No prospect of Success - CPR Part 24 - Abuse of Process
Warren v Marsh
Sport - libel - television broadcast - boxer accusing manager of impropriety - justification - consent - whether one joint publisher could rely on consent given to another
Williams v Reason
Libel - Appeal - Justification - Wider meaning - Admissible Evidence