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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
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
Ansari v Knowles
Defamation – joint tortfeasors – settlement with one joint tortfeasor – release of cause of action – satisfaction – Jameel abuse
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
Mengi v Hermitage (security for costs appeal)
Defamation - Libel - Security for costs - Costs Budgeting – Conditional Fee Agreement
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
El Naschie v Macmillan Publishers Ltd
Libel claim based on a news article in Nature magazine
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
Mark Lewis v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
Libel - Mode of Trial - judge or jury - public authority - phone hacking
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
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
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
Spelman v Express Newspapers (No. 2)
Injunction - Privacy - Public Interest - Bonnard v Perryman - Minors - Article 8 - Article 10
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
Hunt v Times Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - strike out - CPR 3.4 - Justification - Reynolds privilege