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Bristol City Council v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Care Proceedings – Publication of Facts and Reasons from Family Proceedings Court – Injunction – Article 10 – Article 8
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - libel - justification - cronyism - willing beneficiary - Chase level 2 meaning - reasonable grounds to suspect - what has to be proved - whether proof made out - abuse of process - disproportionate cost - damages
Cammish v Hughes (CA)
Libel – meaning – fact or comment – honest comment and single meaning rule - Jameel abuse – costs as a condition of dismissal
Price v Powell
Privacy - strike out - Jameel - abuse of process - Article 8 - Article 10
Andrew James Enforcement Ltd v ITV PLC
Libel - defamatory meaning - capability
Mengi v Hermitage (No 2)
Libel - internet blog - justification - reply to attack qualified privilege
Rugby Football Union v Viagogo Ltd
Disclosure - Norwich Pharmacal Order - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU - Article 8
Abbey v Gilligan
Privacy- Confidence- Media Law - Public Interest - Abuse of Process - Whether a consultant to a company had title to sue in respect of company emails obtained by the Defendants and used in the publication of an article - whether the obtaining of the emails was a breach of confidence or misuse of private information - whether the publication of the article was a breach of confidence or misuse of private information - whether there was a public interest in publishing emails - whether the action was an abuse of process
Ansari v Knowles
Defamation – joint tortfeasors – settlement with one joint tortfeasor – release of cause of action – satisfaction – Jameel abuse
Fairstar Heavy Transport NV v Adkins
Examination of emails - Information as property – property in the content of an email
Cairns v Modi; KC v MGN Ltd
Defamation - Appeal - Damages
Qadir v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - qualified privilege - s 15 Defamation Act 1996 - Schedule to 1996 Act - document on public register - Particulars of Claim - extract - fair and accurate - of public concern - publication for public benefit - malice - recklessness - indifference - common law qualified privilege - court reporting - contemporaneous - s14 Defamation Act 1996 - absolute privilege
Michael Wilson & Partners v Sinclair
Arbitration - share ownership - C claims against E in arbitration over shares - award - C's claim dismissed - shares held by tribunal to be beneficially owned by S - C appeals the award - appeal dismissed - C sues S and others in Commercial Court - application by E to strike out or for summary judgment - re-litigation - abuse of process - claim struck out
Evans v Information Commissioner & 7 Government Departments
Appeal under FOIA 2000/EIR 2004 against decisions of the Information Commissioner refusing access to HRH the Prince of Wales’ correspondence with ministers.
McClaren v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - misuse of private information - interim injunction - public figure - public interest - kiss and tell
C v Holland
New Zealand - privacy - seclusion - intimate personal space and activity - intrusion - C in shower - D installed video device - recordings made - C discovered - claim for damages - whether NZ law recognises intrusion tort - review of US and English law - liability established - damages to be assessed
R (UK2 Telecom Limited) v Sir Hayden Phillips, Independent Reviewer of ASA Adjudications
UK2 Telecom Limited- Sir Hayden Phillips- The Advertising Standards Authority- Judicial Review – Costs - proceedings concluded before permission
Montford v Information Commissioner and BBC
Freedom of Information
Mengi v Hermitage (security for costs appeal)
Defamation - Libel - Security for costs - Costs Budgeting – Conditional Fee Agreement
Attorney General v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Contempt of Court - strict liability contempt
Crow v Johnson
Defamation - meaning - capability - strike out - CPR 3.4
Tilbrook v Parr
Tilbrook- Parr- defamation- malicious falsehood- whether words capable of referring to Claimant- strike out –summary judgment
Tilbrook v Parr
Defamation - Reference
Handsworth Football Club v Football Assocation
Football - FA standard competition rules - C tops league - would be promoted - ground standards - C's ground below standard for promotion - below standard for current level - relegation would follow for that reason - proposed temporary use of another ground - ground-sharing prohibited to allow promotion or avoid relegation -League orders C's relegation - FA Appeal Board upholds League - arbitration challenge - dismissed
El Naschie v Macmillan Publishers Ltd
Libel claim based on a news article in Nature magazine
King v Sunday Newspapers Ltd
King- Sunday Newspapers- Northern Ireland- personal injury- harassment- misuse of private information- Article 2 ECHR- Article 3 ECHR- Article 8 ECHR- costs order appeal- basis of costs order- injunction- damages
Brescla Calcio SpA v West Ham United FC Plc
Arbitration - football - independence - Court of Arbitration for Sport - CAS rules - barrister arbitrator - advocate from same chambers - whether apparent independence lacking
MXB v East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
Open justice - reporting - clinical negligence - child - settlement - approval - Children and Young Persons Act 1933 - section 39 - reporting online - anonymity - CPR 39.2(4) - CPR 5.4C - orders for anonymity and reporting restrictions made - orders prohibiting third party access to court file made
WXY v Gewanter
WXY- Gewanter- Positive Profile- Burby- injunction- privacy- harassment- confidentiality- terms of draft order- whether information has entered the public domain- identity of claimant- fade factor- disclosure of persons to whom documents published- disclosure of funders of litigation
Levi v Bates
Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act - privacy - personal injury - level of damages
Bento v Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police
Bento- Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police- CPS- murder- press release- defamation- justification- qualified privilege- informing the public- reply to attack- trial- damages award
Majeed & Westfield v R
Sport - cricket - betting - spot fixing - criminal proceedings - conspiracy - corruption - bribery - cheating at gambling - conduct contrary to 'affairs' of employer - rulings by trial judge - pleas of guilty - appeals against conviction - appeals dismissed
Mark Lewis v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
Libel - Mode of Trial - judge or jury - public authority - phone hacking
Trimingham v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Misuse of private information – Harassment – Breach of statutory duty pursuant to s.85 of the Copyright Designs and Patent Act 1988 – Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Claim for damages and injunction – Article 8 - Article 10 - Freedom of Expression
Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd (costs)
Summary costs – defamation – costs budgeting – Defamation Proceedings Costs Management Scheme – Practice Direction PD51D – ‘good reason’
King v Grundon
Libel - strike out - Jameel abuse
Hunt v Times Newspapers Ltd (No. 2)
David Hunt- Times Newspapers Limited- TNL- defamation- Reynolds privilege- justification- strike out application- Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd [2012] UKSC 11
CVB v MGN Ltd
Privacy and Confidence - Anonymity - Pre-action application - Notice to Defendant - CPR Part 16 - CPR Practice Directions 7A and 16 - CPR Rule 5.4C
Sullivan v Bristol Film Studios
Copyright infringement - music - High Court claim for 800,000 - small number of infringements - maximum damages 50 - case dismissed - Jameel v Dow Jones applied - appeal - challenge to judge's assessment - judge right - but small size of claim not enough to justify dismissal - court to consider if a proportionate means of disposal available
Tony D Sullivan (aka Rudey Solomon) v Bristol Film Studios Ltd
Copyright - Strike out – Jameel - proportionality
Qema v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Malicious prosecution - drug and passport offences – witnessed by journalist - reported to police by journalist - C prosecuted - plea of guilty - prison sentence - Criminal Cases Review Commission - C alleges was innocent but 'set up' by journalist - CCRC recommends vacation of plea - Court vacates plea - Crown offers no evidence - not guilty verdict - C sues publisher for malicious prosecution - relies on set up to prove no reasonable and probable cause - summary judgment application by D - application granted - claim dismissed
Cammish v Hughes
Libel - meaning - strike out - Jameel - Thornton
Foley & Others v Lord Ashcroft
Defamation - libel - The Independent - allegations of involvement in corruption - pleading - justification - honest comment - defences struck out - application for permission to amend by adding back both defences - application dismissed - appeals - threshold requirements for pleading - clarity - precision of indictment - pleading fraud - appeals dismissed
R (On the application of Guardian News and Media) v (1) City of Westminster Magistrates Court (2) Government of the United States
Extradition - Application by Media for Access to Documents referred to in Open Court - Criminal Procedure Rules - Inherent Jurisdiction
Contostavlos v Mendahun
Interim Injunction - Privacy - Video footage - Internet
BUQ v HRE
misuse of private information- employment tribunals - interim non-disclosure order - issue of proceedings - right to a fair trial - right to respect for private life
Church v MGN Limited
Defamation - libel - ruling on meaning - procedure - application for ruling without a hearing - direction for hearing - open justice - costs
Cairns v Modi No 2
Defamation - justification - guilt - reasonable grounds to suspect - aggravated damages
Flood v Times Newspapers Limited (SC)
Libel - Reynolds privilege - Public interest - Responsible journalism
Weston v Bates
Libel - service of claim form - service abroad - service of original or copy
KC v MGN
Defamation - offer of amends - damages
Giggs (previously known as CTB) v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - misuse of private information - CPR 3.9 - strike out - relief from sanction - procedure
Spelman v Express Newspapers (No. 2)
Injunction - Privacy - Public Interest - Bonnard v Perryman - Minors - Article 8 - Article 10
Gold v Cox (No.2)
Confidentiality - misuse of private information - interim injunction - adjourned hearing - form of proviso to injunction - burden of proof
Viagogo Ltd v (1) Paul Myles (2) Hardcash Productions (3) Channel Four Corporation
Breach of confidence - Interim Injunction - Commercial confidence - Employment contract - Express confidentiality clause - Surreptitious filming - Secret filming - Public Interest
Gold v Cox (No.1)
Confidentiality - misuse of private information - interim injunction - procedure
Spelman v Express Newspapers (No.1)
Injunction - Privacy - Public Interest - Bonnard v Perryman - Anonymity of Parties - Minors - Article 8 - Article 10 - Preservation of Anonymity pending appeal
Cambridge v Makin
Defamation - libel - qualified privilege - malice
von Hannover v Germany (No. 2)
Privacy - Photographs - Article 8 - public figure- public interest - injunction - debate of general interest
Axel Springer AG v Germany
Article 8 - Article 10 - privacy - reputation - freedom of expression
Phillips v (1) News Group Newspapers Ltd (2) Glenn Mulcaire; Coogan v (1) News Group Newspapers Ltd (2) Glenn Mulcaire
Protection from self incrimination - s. 72 Senior Courts Act 1981 - meaning of ‘intellectual property’ - compatibility of s. 72 Senior Courts Act 1981 with Art 6 ECHR
Hunt v Times Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - strike out - CPR 3.4 - Justification - Reynolds privilege
R (Associated Newspapers Ltd) v Rt Hon Sir Brian Leveson (as Chairman of the Leveson Inquiry)
Judicial review - public inquiry - press practices, ethics - journalists as witnesses - anonymous evidence - ruling - fairness - reputation - Convention rights - judicial review - application dismissed