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Wafic Rida Saïd v (1) Groupe L’Express (2) Guillaume Dubois
Defamation – Jurisdiction – Serious Harm – Jameel Abuse – Online Publication - Injunction - Centre of Interests
Zahir Monir v Steve Wood
Libel – Social Media – Twitter – Meaning – Reference – Agency – Vicarious Liability – Serious Harm – Damages
Poulter v Times Newspapers Limited
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Trial of Preliminary Issue on meaning
Kenny v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs & Another
Slander - Strike out - Summary Judgment - s.1 Defamation Act 2013 - serious harm - abuse of process (Jameel)
Morgan v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation – strike out – amendment – summary judgment – pleading – honest opinion – section 3 Defamation Act 2013
Swift v Information Commissioner & Highways England
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - s. 43 exemption (prejudice to commercial interests) - confidentiality of contractual tenders - public interest
Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
Data Protection Act 1998 – Misuse of private information – Breach of confidence – Vicarious Liability
BVC v EWF
Privacy - injunction - internet publication - jurisdiction - special jurisdiction - Lugano Convention - centre of interests
Hemsworth (formerly ‘SWS’) v Department for Work and Pensions
Anonymity | Open Justice | Misuse of Private Information | Statements in Open Court
Workspace Commerce Ltd & ors v Filis
Injunction - Bonnard v Perryman - Libel - Harassment - s.12 Human Rights Act
Sube v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Express Newspapers (No 2)
Defamation - Defamation Act 2013, s. 1 - Serious Harm - Whether Serious Harm Requirement Can Be Met By Taking Indivual Less Serious Imputations Together Cummulatively
Reay v Beamont
Defamation - privacy - data protection - harassment - preliminary issue - meaning
Lownie v (1) The Information Commissioner (2) National Archives (3) FCO
Data Protection – Freedom of Information Act
DB v General Medical Council
Data protection – personal data – whether there is rebuttal presumption against disclosure in cases of mixed personal data – Data Protection Act 1998
Lisle-Mainwaring v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Civil Procedure - Permission to Appeal - Application for Permission to High Court - Harassment - Media Harassment - Specific Disclosure - Test for Specific Disclosure
(1) TLU (2) TLV v (1) Secretary of State for the Home Department (2) Home Office
Data protection – Data Protection Act 1998 – Personal Data – Confidential Information
Sabados v Facebook Ireland
Norwich Pharmacal – Confidentiality – Misuse of Private Information – Data Protection
Ministry of Justice v Ellis
Suspended order for committal and general civil restraint order upheld
Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein v Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein GmbH
Data protection – data controller – joint responsibility – Facebook and Facebook fan page
R (on the application of Drain) v Birmingham Crown Court and others
Trade Marks Act - s.97 Trade Marks Act 1994 - Trade marked goods - Forfeiture order - Article 1 Protocol 1 (A1P1) - Comatibility with European Convention Rights
In the Matter of G (A Child) (transparency)
Family Proceedings - access to documents from court file by non party - Article 8
Sube v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Express Newspapers
Defamation - Meaning - Preliminary Issue - Serious Harm - s.1 Defamation Act 2013 - Data Protection Act 1998 - Equality Act 2010 - Harassment - Striking Out - Amendment
Douglas v News Group Newspapers
Privacy – Confidence – Data Protection – Copyright – Deceased Party
Jonathan Coulter v Independent Press Standards Organisation CIC
IPSO – Judicial Review – Jurisdiction – Third Party Complaints – Accuracy –Irrationality
PML v Person(s) Unknown
Breach of Confidence – Blackmail - Injunction Against Person(s) Unknown – Application for continuation of interim injunction on return date – Derogations from Open Justice
(1) NT1 & (2) NT2 v Google LLC
"right to be forgotten" - Google Search engine - de-listing - Data Protection Act 1998 - misuse of private information - spent convictions - Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - Google Spain SL & another v Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD) and another Case C-131/12 - Article 29 Working Party Guidelines
NPV v QEL & ZED
Interim Injunction - Misuse of Private Information - Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Blackmail - Derogations from Open Justice - Anonymity - Private Hearing - Without Notice to the Defendants
R (on the application of Emblin) v Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs
Judicial Review -Breach of Confidence - Legal Professional Privilege - Suspected Tax Avoidance Schemes - No Confidence in Iniquity - Inducement to Breach Confidence - Alternative Remedies - s.316B Finance Act 2004 (voluntary disclosure to HMRC not restricted by any duty of confidentiality) - Data Protection Act 1998
Galloway v Ali-Khan
Contempt of Court - Breach of Undertakings - Whether to accept admissions
AXB v BXA
Harassment – Misuse of Private Information – Deceit – Anonymity – Injunction
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
Breach of Confidence - Injunction Against Person(s) Unknown - Application for Default Judgment and permanent injunction on paper - CPR 23.8 - Derogations from Open Justice
Shakil Khan (formerly JMO) v Tanweer Khan (formerly KTA)
Harassment – Protection from Harassment Act 1997 – Interim Injunction – Anonymity – Freedom of Expression
Stocker v Stocker
Libel – social media – meaning – justification – publication
Al-Ko Kober Ltd & Anor v Balvinder Sambhi (contempt)
Contempt of court – committal proceedings - injunction – malicious falsehood – Data Protection Act 1998
Appleby Global Group LLC v (1) British Broadcasting Corporation and (2) Guardian News and Media Limited
Transfer of proceedings – Media and Communications List – Confidentiality –Public Interest
Kennedy v National Trust for Scotland
Libel - Data Protection Act 1998 - Negligent Misstatement - forum non conveniens - Scotland - Owusu v Jackson - Service within the Jurisdiction - Deemed Service - Validity of the Claim Form
Appleby Global Group LLC v (1) British Broadcasting Corporation and (2) Guardian News and Media Limited
Breach of Confidence - Specialist lists - Transfer