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Morrison v Buckinghamshire County Council
Libel – public authority defendant – qualified privilege for public authority – amendment – malice – summary judgment
Dell’Olio v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Libel - ruling on meaning - whether pleaded meaning possible - approach to question whether words can bear any other defamatory meaning - relevance of Pre-Action Protocol and letter of claim - pleaded meaning impossible - C identified no other meaning of which she might complain - action dismissed
Zinda v ARK Academies
Defamation - limitation - discretion to disappy limitation - qualified privilege - malice
Dominic Raab MP v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Libel - application for stay - strike out - abuse of process - overriding objective - Art 10 ECHR - ability to defend a claim - Dominic Raab MP - Associated Newspapers Ltd - employment dispute - settlement agreement - confidentiality clause
Terluk v Berezovsky (No.2)
Defamation -appeal- damages- meaning- liability for republication- privilege- justification – fresh evidence - jury trial
Waterson v Lloyd (No 2)
Amendment - part 24 - summary judgment - delay - justification
Cooper v Turrell
Libel - breach of confidence - misuse of private information - assessment of damages - injunctions
Waterson v Lloyd
summary judgment - part 24 - defamation - comment or fact - meaning - innuendo meaning - honest comment - newspapers - elections
McKeown v Attheraces Ltd (No 2)
Libel - jockey - broadcast interview - allegations of deliberate non-trying - permission to amend defence - adding Reynolds defence - other defences - reporting privilege - comment - justification - mode of trial - preliminary issue - C was a senior jockey who sued D for libel over a broadcast interview which he argued meant that he was a corrut jockey who had repeatedly, for corrupt reasons, stopped horses from winning. The defences were privilege, honest comment and justificaiton. The court held that the trial of the issues raised should be by Judge alone, but that all the issues should be tried together.
STU v UVW
Misuse of private information - interim injunction - anonymity - open justice
CTB v News Group Newspapers
CPR 53 PD 6.3 - statements in open court - privacy - misuse of private information - part 36
Davison v Habeeb & Ors
Defamation – Service out of jurisdiction - Internet blogs – Liability of blog hosting provider for publication at common law – Immunity under Reg. 19 Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002
(1) Ting Lan Hong (2) Child KLM v XYZ & Ors
Harassment - Interim Injunction - Application without Notice - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 s.1(1)(a)
Miller v Associated Newspapers Limited (No 2)
Defamation - Libel - Trial of Preliminary Issue on Meaning - Whether words complained of are defamatory - The actual meaning of the words complained of
Tesla Motors Ltd v BBC
Malicious Falsehood - Particulars of Claim - Particulars of Damage - Defamation Act 1952 s. 3
eDate Advertising GmbH v X and Olivier Martinez and Robert Martinez v MGN Limited
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ECJ- conflicts of law- personality rights – online publication- jurisdiction in which to sue- Article 5(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 12) – Article 3(1) and (2) of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce) (OJ 2000, L178, p1)
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis & Anor v Times Newspapers Ltd & Anor
Libel - Article 8 - Article 10 - equality of arms in libel - breach of confidence - journalists' sources
Kordowski v Hudson
Slander - abuse of process - summary disposal
Crookes v Newton
Defamation - Publication - Liability for Hyperlinks - Internet - Supreme Court of Canada
Sleeman v Panchaud
Defamation -- Injunctions - Without Notice Injunctions - Bonnard v Perryman - Practice & Procedure - s.110 Patents Act 1997 - Unauthorised Claim of Patent Rights
Adelson v Anderson
delay - Jameel abuse - availability of witnesses - enforceability of English judgments in the USA
Ferdinand v MGN Ltd
Misuse of private information - Breach of confidence - Balancing Exercise - Article 8 Right to Privacy - Article 10 Right to Freedom of Expression - Public interest - False or misleading image - Debate of General Interest - Footballers - Kiss and Tell
Attorney-General v (1) MGN Limited (2) News Group Newspapers Ltd
NEWSPAPERS – COMMITTAL FOR CONTEMPT – STRICT LIABILITY – SECTION 2(2) CONTEMPT OF COURT ACT 1981 – SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF SERIOUS PREJUDICE OR IMPEDIMENT TO COURSE OF JUSTICE
Farid El Diwany v Ministry of Justice
immunity of states - defamation - Lugano convention 2007 - strike out - abuse of process - internet publication
Modi & IMG v Clarke
Appeal - Permission to Appeal - Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Whether the Judge was correct to rule that the words complained of were incapable of bearing any meaning defamatory of either Claimant
Al-Amoudi v Kifle
Libel - assessment of damages
Lait v Evening Standard Ltd (CA)
Libel - MPs' expenses - Honest comment - Summary judgment - Justification - Jameel abuse - Summary judgment for D on honest comment - Residual claims dismissed as an abuse - Appeal - Single meaning rule - Alleged breach of rule by Judge - Single meaning rule applies to comment - Judge did not err - Jameel jurisdiction part of law's balancing of rights
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
Thornton v Telegraph Group (No. 4)
Defamation - Malicious Falsehood - offer of amends - malice - knowledge - Defamation Act 1996
Hutcheson v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Injunction - Public interest - s 12(3) Human Rights Act
A Local Authority v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Contra mundum order – report of arrest – vulnerable persons - Article 8 - Article 10
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
R (Bonhoeffer) v GMC
Judicial review - disciplinary proceedings - General Medical Council - fitness to practice - doctor - serious allegations - hearsay evidence - fairness - Article 6 ECHR - Panel decision to admit - challenge by practitioner - evidence yet to be heard - whether availability of subsequent appeal sufficient remedy - reliance on hearsay unfair
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v Times Newspapers Ltd
Third party disclosure - breach of confidence - injunction - freedom of expression - fair trial
Caplin v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Meaning - Capability - Bane and antidote - CPR PD 53 4.1
Cook v Telegraph Media Group Limited (No 3)
Libel - honest comment - trial of preliminary issues - malice
Goodwin v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 3)
Injunctions - Privacy - Sexual Relationship - Public Interest - Press - Variation - Anonymity
Araci v Fallon
Sport - horseracing - jockey - 1 year retainer contract - request to ride C's horse in Epsom Derby - anticipatory breach - contract for services - express negative obligations - injunction - whether injunction oppressive - whether damages an adequate remedy
Modi v Clarke; IMG v Clarke
Defamation - Libel - Costs - Defamation Proceedings Costs Management Scheme - Practice Direction 51D - Whether it is necessary or appropriate under the Scheme to refer a Master or Judge to settlement offers
CTB v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 3)
Privacy - Misuse of private information - Article 8, European Convention on Human Rights - Interim injunction - Blackmail - Anonymity - Public domain
CTB v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
Privacy - Misuse of private information - Article 8, European Convention on Human Rights - Interim injunction - Blackmail - Anonymity - Public domain
CTB v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Misuse of private information - Article 8, European Convention on Human Rights - Interim injunction - Blackmail - Anonymity - Public domain
Morgan v A Local Authority (Re X, Y and Z)
Family Proceedings – Publicity – Identification of experts – Disclosure of expert reports to media
Mosley v UK
Article 8, ECHR - Right to respect for private life - Victim status - Domestic remedies - Positive obligations - Availability of injunctive relief - Margin of appreciation - No violation
Bacon v Automattic Inc
Libel - Disclosure - Norwich Pharmacal - Foreign Websites - Respondents outside jurisdiction - Permission to serve application outside jurisdiction - alternative service of Claim Form by e-mail - Jurisdiction to order
Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 3)
Defamation - aggravated damages - malice - disclosure - case management
OPQ v BJM
Privacy - Human Rights - Injunctive relief - Injunctions - Spycatcher - Contra mundum - third parties - media
K v News Group Newspapers Ltd (also known as ETK v News Group Newspapers Ltd)
Interim injunction- article 8- right to respect for private life- children- article 10- freedom of expression- public interest
H and L v A City Council (CA)
Human rights - Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life - Judicial review - Disclosure of conviction by local authority - Procedural safeguards - Local authority powers
Ambrosiadou v Coward (CA)
Privacy – interim injunction – document created for foreign matrimonial proceedings supplied by Defendant to media in this jurisdiction – whether judge should have granted injunction despite assurance given by Counsel on Defendant’s behalf – relevance of ‘Spycatcher’ doctrine
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
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
Lewis v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
Defamation - Libel - Mode of trial - Senior Courts Act s.69 - Meaning - Amendment - Qualified privilege - Malice - Abuse
Cook v Telegraph Media Group Ltd
Defamation - Part 24 - Justification - Honest comment - Reynolds privilege - Mode of trial
Bowker v RSPB
Defamation – Libel - Defamatory meaning - Mode of trial – Summary judgment - Qualified privilege – Malice – Scientific issues
Baturina v Times Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Defamation – Innuendo meanings – Strict liability – Requirement to plead publishees with knowledge of relevant facts – Liability for third party re-publications - Foreseeability of damage – Jameel abuse of process
RJA v AJR
Privacy - Breach of Confidence - Misuse of Private Information - Derogations from Open Justice - Whether the hearing should take place in private - whether anonymity should be continued
Goldsmith & Anor v BCD; Khan v BCD
Privacy - Injunction – Anonymity order – 'Super-injunction' – Article 8 ECHR - Failure to serve proceedings on defendant – Breach of undertaking - Final order
A (A Child) v Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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A (A Child) v Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Open justice - reporting - clinical negligence - child - settlement - approval - Children and Young Persons Act 1933 - section 39 - criteria for order prohibiting identification - order made under section 39 - question is whether sufficient general public interest in a report which identified the claimant to justify any resulting curtailmment of his and his family's right to respect for private life - no such general interest - risk object of proceedings would be defeated
Allen v The Grimsby Telegraph
Injunction - Reporting restrictions - s.11 Contempt of Court Act 1981 - s.4(2) Contempt of Court Act 1981 - Anonymity - Public interest - Freedom of expression
Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
Libel – Non-party disclosure – CPR 31.17 - Public interest as a ground for resisting disclosure
Hunt v Evening Standard Ltd
Libel - Strike out - Justification - Relevance of particulars of justification - Evidence of general bad character - Admissibility - CPR r.3.4(2)
Clift v Clarke
Libel - Norwich Pharmacal Orders - online comments - Article 8 rights of commentators
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
Re Baby RB (Press Injunction)
Family proceedings - Reporting restrictions - Article 8 - Article 10
Hirschfeld v McGrath
Misuse of private information - Confidentiality - Marital confidences - Injunction - Consent order - Undertakings - Anonymity - Reporting proceedings
Iqbal v Dean Manson Solicitors
Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Written correspondence - Course of conduct
Brady v Norman (No 2) (CA)
Defamation - limitation - section 32A of the Limitation Act 1980 - s.33 Limitation Act 1980
McKeown v Attheraces Ltd
Libel - jockey - disciplinary proceedings - findings of non-trying - appeal - unsuccessful judicial review - broadcast interview with jockey - defence of qualified privilege - defence of honest comment - applications by defendant - summary judgment - striking out - abuse of process - no real and substantial tort - re-litigation abuse - application dismissed
Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd (No 3)
Defamation – Malicious falsehood – Amendment – Application to amend defence to malicious falsehood claim to plead honest comment – Whether amendment should be permitted
JIH v News Group Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Injunction - Anonymity order - Privacy - Misuse of private information - Open justice - Article 8 ECHR - Article 10 ECHR - Reporting restrictions
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
Re MGN Ltd
Reporting restrictions - Criminal proceedings - Blanket ban on reporting trial - Contempt of Court Act 1981, s.4(2) - Effect of contemporaneous reporting on witnesses at trial
Woodbridge v Stapleton
Libel - Qualified privilege - Malice - Summary judgment - Strike out - Jameel v Dow Jones - Abuse of process - Proportionality
MGN Ltd v UK
Human Rights - Breach of Confidence - Invasion of Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - Article 8 - Article 10 -European Convention on Human Rights - whether the award of damages for breach of confidence due to the publication of details concerning Ms Naomi Campbell's treatment for drug addiction, together with the impugned photographs, constituted a disproportionate interference with MGN's right to freedom expression under article 10
Human Rights- - Breach of Confidence - Invasion of Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - - Article 8 - Article 10 -European Convention on Human Rights - Costs - Conditional Fee Agreement - Success Fees - whether the award of costs, including success fees, constituted a disproportionate interference with MGN's right to freedom of expression under article 10
Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Libel – Non-party disclosure – CPR 31.17
Jan Cambridge v Guillermo Makin
Libel - trial - judge alone - justification - qualified privilege - malice - joint tortfeasors - damages