Cases

Active filters: Barrister: Justin Rushbrooke KC [clear]
Area of work: Defamation and Malicious Falsehood [clear]
Year: 2010 [clear]

McLaughlin v London Borough of Lambeth

Defamation – Human Rights Act 1998 – Arts 8 and 10 ECHR - Striking out – Rule in Derbyshire v Times Newspapers – collateral purpose – Jameel abuse of process

[2010] EWHC 2726 (QB) - Queen's Bench Division

Judge Tugendhat J

Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd (No 2)

Defamation – Libel – Summary judgment - Determination of meaning – Whether words capable of bearing defamatory meaning –  Threshold of seriousness

[2010] EWHC 1414 (QB); [2010] EMLR 25 - Queen's Bench Division

Judge Tugendhat J