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Soriano v Le Point & Anor
Libel - Specific disclosure - Subscriber data
Pendragon Plc v Person(s) Unknown
Breach of Confidence – Blackmail – Injunction Against Person(s) Unknown – Application for continuation of interim injunction on return date – Default judgment – Derogations from Open Justice
Hinduja v Hinduja
Open justice – reporting restrictions – Article 8 – Article 10 – Court of Protection
Smith v Backhouse
Enforceability and acceptance of undertakings - Settlement
Sir James Dyson & Ors v Channel Four Television Corporation & Anor
Libel – reference – corporate claimants – defamatory meaning
Guardian News & Media v The Executor of HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (deceased) & Her Majesty’s Attorney-General
Open Justice - Non-Contentious Probate Proceedings - Whether the media has a right to be heard in proceedings in which it is not a party - Whether the President of the Family Division should have held a private hearing not on notice to the media - the role of the Attorney-General
Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney
Libel – Defence under s.2 of the Defamation Act 2013
George v Cannell (CA)
Malicious falsehood - proper interpretation of s.3, Defamation Act 1952 - whether s.3 requires a claimant to prove actual pecuniary damage or only its likelihood at the time of publication - whether damages for injury to feelings are recoverable if pecuniary damage sustained is only nominal
Soriano v Le Point & Anor
Libel – summary judgment – strike out – serious harm
(1) Dr Fatima Jabbar (2) DRJ55 Limited v AVIVA Insurance UK and others (No 1)
Libel – summary judgment – absolute privilege – experts – CPR Part 35
(1) Kumlin (2) EEW Eco Energy World plc v (1) Jonsson (2) Agerman (3) Östlund (4) Realtid Media AB
Libel - jurisdiction - centre of interests - Brussels Recast Regulation - serious harm - serious financial loss - rule against Reflective Loss - holding companies - trading reputation - rule in Marinari - causation - applicable law - double-actionability - eCommerce Directive
Millicom Services UK Limited & Ors v Michael Clifford
Reporting Restrictions – Open Justice – Article 8 – Article 10 – Confidentiality
Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney
Libel – disclosure – journalistic sources – section 10 Contempt of Court Act 1981 – Article 10 ECHR – waiver – witness summonses
Raffaele Mincione v Gedi Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A
Defamation – Libel – Internet injunction – Jurisdiction
BW Legal Services Limited v Glassdoor Inc
Norwich Pharmacal relief - Allegedly defamatory posts - Whether a declaration should be made that the court had no jurisdiction to try the claim because no valid service had been effected - Whether a declaration should be made that the court should not exercise its jurisdiction because of an exclusive jurisdiction clause in the Defendant's Terms of Use and/or because it was contended that the Claimant obtained an Order improperly or unfairly
(1) Dr Fatima Jabbar (2) DRJ55 Limited v AVIVA Insurance UK and others (No 2)
Libel; absolute privilege; jurisdiction to hand down of judgment after parties conclude settlement.
The Ince Group plc v Person(s) Unknown
Interim Injunction application - Ransonware attack - Data breach - blackmail - breach of confidence - private hearing
Guardian News & Media v (1) Rozanov; (2) EFG Private Bank Ltd
Open Justice - Access to Documents
Attorney General v BBC
Open justice – whether hearing in public or private pursuant to CPR 39.2 – national security
ZXC v Bloomberg LP
Misuse of Private Information – Breach of Confidence – Data Protection Act 1998 – Article 8 – Article 10 – criminal investigations – letter of request – journalism
Vardy v Rooney
Joinder – Disclosure – Amendments – Further Information
Stadler v Currys Group Ltd
Data protection – misuse of private information – breach of confidence – negligence – smart devices – Jameel – de minimis – allocation
R (on the application of Newsquest Media Group Ltd) v Legally Qualified Chair of the Police Misconduct Tribunal
Open justice – anonymity – statutory disciplinary proceedings