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Amersi v Leslie and another
Libel - Serious harm under s.1 Defamation Act 2013
Armstrong Watson LLP v Person(s) Unknown
Interim injunction - Ransomware attack - data breach - blackmail - breach of confidence - private hearing
Attorney General v BBC
Open justice – whether hearing in public or private pursuant to CPR 39.2 – national security
Abdulrazaq v Hassan & Ors
Libel - Publication of reasons for exclusion of individuals from mosque - Qualified privilege - Duty/interest - Reply to attack - Malice - Summary judgment
Ashley v Times Newspapers Limited
Defamation - Libel - Trial of Preliminary Issues - Meaning - Defamatory imputation - Statement of fact / expression of opinion - Whether the repetition rule is engaged - Multiple publications
Aven & Ors v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd
Data Protection Act 1998 – s.35 exemption (legal purposes) – s.28 exemption (national security) – remedies
Anna Turley v Unite the Union and Stephen Walker
Libel – Trial – Liability for publication – Serious harm – Truth – Public interest – Assessment of damages – CPR Part 36
AAA v Rakoff
Injunction - Privacy – Anonymity - Expedition
A & B v X & Y and Times Newspapers Ltd
Anonymity - employment - Employment Appeal Tribunal - sexual offences
Alsaifi v Secretary of State for Education
Defamation - Spokesperson's quote in newspaper article - Meaning - Principles governing quoted source liability - Serious Harm - Effect of Prior Court Judgment on reputational harm - Qualified Privilege - Press Releases
AXB v BXA
Harassment – Misuse of Private Information – Deceit – Anonymity – Injunction
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
Appleby Global Group LLC v (1) British Broadcasting Corporation and (2) Guardian News and Media Limited
Breach of Confidence - Specialist lists - Transfer
Al-KO Kober Ltd & Anor v Balvinder Sambhi
Interim injunction - malicious falsehood - Bonnard v Perryman - data protection - order under s10 DPA
Ahmed v (1) Express Newspapers (2) Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - s.1 Defamation Act 2013 - serious harm - Jameel grounds - Strike Out CPR 3.4(2) - Summary Judgment CPR 24
Alcott v Ashworth (No. 2)
1980 Hague Convention - Children Act 1989 - Administration of Justice Act 1960 - Open Justice - Transparency - Family Courts - child abduction - privacy injunctions - reporting the courts - contempt of court
AQA v Newsquest & ors
Injunctions - Misuse of Private Information - Without Notice - section 12 Human Rights Act - Open Justice - Coroners' Court
Alexander Economou v David de Freitas
Libel - newspapers, radio, television - identification - responsibility for publication - meaning - serious harm - publication on matter of public interest - Defamation Act 2013 sections 1 and 4
Alexander Economou v David de Freitas (PTR)
Libel - Amendment - Particulars of Claim - New cause of action
Axon v Ministry of Defence
Privacy - Misuse of Personal Information - Breach of Confidence - Reasonable Expectation of Privacy - Vicarious Liability - Limitation - Operation Elveden
Anglia Research Ltd v Finders Genealogists Ltd
Pre-action disclosure - defamation - harassment - Norwich Pharmacal - serious harm
Abdel-Bari v Nottingham University NHS Trust
Defamation - Libel - Malicious Falsehood - Data Protection Act 1998 - whether to disapply limitation period for claims in libel and malicious falsehood - whether to allow permission to amend to include claim under Data Protection Act 1998
Alvaro Sobrinho v Impresa Publishing SA
Libel – Portuguese Newspaper and Website – Preliminary Issues – Defamatory Meaning – Serious Harm, Defamation Act 2013 s1 – Abuse of Process
Appleton v Gallagher
Prohibitions on reporting the financial remedy proceedings between Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton were continued by the High Court until the Family Court judgment, at which time the issue could be revisited.
Associated Newspapers v Murray
Libel
Ames & anor v The Spamhaus Project Ltd & anor
Libel - serious harm - Jameel abuse - US publication - foreign claimants - real and substantial tort
Al Hamadani v Al Khafaf and others
Protection from Harassment Act 1997 – Course of conduct – Joint enterprise - Injunctions - Relief from sanctions – witness statements
Ampito Ltd v Pask
Application for an interim injunction in respect of alleged harassment via email, message boards and social media websites.
AVB v TDD
Privacy – Harassment – Breach of Confidence – Breach of Contract - Damages - Injunction
Ashworth v Royal National Theatre
Interim relief- specific performance- freedom of expression- breach of contract
AVB v TDD
Privacy – injunction – undertakings – return date – progress of action
AAA v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Privacy - injunction - expectation of privacy - public interest - best interest of child
Al Amoudi v Kifle
Libel - assessment of damages
Ambrosiadou v Coward
Privacy - final injunctions - third parties - Spycatcher
Andrew James Enforcement Ltd v ITV PLC
Libel - defamatory meaning - capability
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
Attorney General v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Contempt of Court - strict liability contempt
Axel Springer AG v Germany
Article 8 - Article 10 - privacy - reputation - freedom of expression
Adelson v Anderson
delay - Jameel abuse - availability of witnesses - enforceability of English judgments in the USA
Al-Amoudi v Kifle
Libel - assessment of damages
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ABC Ltd v Y
Court file - 'Sealing' file - Form of order sealing file - Access to documents - Non-party - CPR 5.4C - Use in other litigation - Threshold requirements
AMM v HXW
Privacy - Interim injuction - Blackmail - Anonymity - European Convention on Human Rights, Articles 8, 10
Ajinomoto Sweeteners Europe SAS v Asda Stores Ltd (No 2) (CA)
Malicious falsehood - Meaning - Preliminary Issue - Single-meaning rule
Al Rawi v Security Service
Civil procedure - Civil evidence - 'Closed material procedure' - Disclosure - Public interest immunity - Special advocates - Civil Procedure Rules - National security
A v B (EAT)
Anonymity - Jurisdiction to anonymise - Employment Appeal Tribunal - Freedom of expression - Restricted reporting orders
ASG v GSA
Privacy – Injunction - Interim injunction - Without notice - Appeal against refusal to grant injunction – Section 12 Human Rights Act 1998 - ECHR, Articles 8, 10
Ajinomoto Sweeteners Europe SAS v Asda Stores Ltd (No 2)
Malicious falsehood - Meaning - Preliminary Issue - Single-meaning rule - Least injurious meaning
Attorney General v Random House Group Ltd
Contempt of court - Injunction - Contempt of Court Act 1981, ss.2(2), 5 - Substantial risk of serious impediment to course of justice - Criminal trial - Book detailing police operation leading to arrests
Attorney-Generals Reference No. 3 of 1999 Application by the BBC to set aside or vary a Reporting Restriction Order
Criminal procedure – Reporting restrictions – Broadcasters – Anonymity - Identity of defendant acquitted of rape - Art. 8 European Convention of Human Rights - Art.10 European Convention of Human Rights - s. 6(1) Human Rights Act 1998 - s. 35 Criminal Appeal Act 1968 – Criminal Appeal (Reference of Points of Law) Rules 1973
Attorney General v Seckerson & Times Newspapers Ltd
Committal - Contempt of Court - Disclosure - Jury Deliberations - s.8 Contempt of Court Act 1981
Ajinomoto Sweeteners Europe SAS v Asda Stores Ltd
Malicious Falsehood - Meaning - Preliminary Issue - CPR Part 3.1(2)(i)
Armonienë v Lithuania
Privacy - Article 8 ECHR - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR - Damages - Public interest - Private information - Medical information
Apsion v The Bar Standards Board
Appeal from the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Council of the Inns of Court - Whether Tribunal had been correct to conclude that the appellant did not have sufficient competence or expertise to advise in a defamation claim - Whether the charges infringed the Appellant's Art 10 rights
Applause Store Productions Ltd & Firsht v Raphael
Libel - Privacy - Internet publication - Social networking website - Quantum
Attorney General v ITV Central Ltd
Contempt of Court - s.2(2), Contempt of Court Act 1981 - Broadcasters - News reporting - Court reporting - Strict liability - Previous convictions
Alitha Publishing Ltd & Constantinides v Cyprus
Defamation - Article 10 - Reynolds privilege - Responsible journalism - Justification - Fair comment - Qualified privilege - Burdens of proof - Article 8
Atlantis World Group of Companies NV & Another v Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso SpA
Libel - foreign magazine - English publication - small circulation - foreign claimant - corporate claims - proof of reputation - reference - "Jameel" abuse of process
Ashley v Chief Constable of Sussex
Appeal concerning whether a damages claim arising out of the fatal shooting of the deceased by a police officer should be permitted to proceed.
Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No 3)
Libel - Stay - Striking out - Open offer to settle - Abuse of process - Proportionality - Damages - Vindication - Statement in open court - Costs
Akinleye v East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
Summary judgment - Part 24 - Defamation - Qualified privilege - Malice - Dominant motive - No honest belief in truth - Evidence of malice
Astron Clinica Ltd & Ors v Comptroller General
Patents - Software - Patentability of software - UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) practice - Substantive inventive contribution
Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No. 2)
Libel - Amendment - Adding parties - Disapplication of limitation period - Corporate libel claims - Discretion
Assistant Deputy Coroner for Inner West London v Channel Four Television
Disclosure in aid of inferior tribunal - Coroner's Court - CPR Part 34.4 - Protection of journalistic sources - s.10 Contempt of Court Act 1981 - Interests of justice
Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Defamation – Limitation – Substitution of parties – Addition of parties - Mistake - s.35 Limitation Act 1980 – CPR 17.4 and 19.5(3)
Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation – Limitation – Substitution of parties – Addition of parties - Mistake - s.35 Limitation Act 1980 – Civil Procedure Rules 1998
Attorney General v BBC
Contempt of Court – Injunctions – Standard of Proof – Private hearings - Civil Procedure Rules (r.39.2) - s.12(1)(e) Administration Of Justice Act 1960 : s.2 Contempt Of Court Act 1981
Andrews v Television New Zealand
Invasion of Privacy - New Zealand law - Television broadcast of a car accident - Whether reasonable expectation of privacy - Whether publicity highly offensive to an objective reasonable person - Failure to inform plaintiffs about broadcast
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O’Neill
Defamation – Injunctive relief – Plea of justification – Restraint on publication
Al-Koronky v Time-Life Entertainment Group Ltd & Another (CA)
Libel - Security for costs - Claimants resident in the Sudan - Enforcement of costs - CPR Part 25.12 - CFAs - After the event insurance (ATE) - Discretion - Appeals - Stifling - Fresh evidence - Comity
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (No.3) (QB)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Preliminary Issue
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (No.2) (CA)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Preliminary Issue - Mode of Trial - s.69(1) Supreme Court Act 1981 - prolonged investigation of documents - s.69(3) - discretion - s.69(4) - trials of separate issues
Adidas-Salomon AG v Draper & others
Sport - Tennis - Competition Law - Arts 81, 82 Treaty of Rome - Players' Dress Regulations - Manufacturer's Logo - Injunction Application - Defendants' Summary Judgment Application
Al Amoudi v Brisard & Another
Defamation - Libel - Publication on the Internet - Whether Claimant is entitled to presumption of law that substantial publication has taken place
Apple Corps Ltd v Apple Computer Inc
Trade marks - Music - IT - Breach of worldwide trade mark sharing agreement - Similar/identical marks - Fields of trade mark use
Angel v Stainton & Another
Defamation - Libel - Offer of Amends - Compensation
Albert-Engelmann-Gesellschaft mbH v Austria
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR - Defamation - Statement of fact/value judgment - Factual basis - Letter - Author unidentifiable - Publisher not distancing itself from statements
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Preliminary Issue - Mode of Trial - s.69(1) Supreme Court Act 1981 - prolonged investigation of documents - s.69(3) - discretion - s.69(4) - trials of separate issues
Ascension Securities Limited v The Motley Fool Limited
Defamation - Libel - Injunction - Costs
Ali Erol v Turkey (No 2)
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Art 10, ECHR - Art 6, ECHR - Newspaper editor - interview - criminal proceedings for inciting racial hatred - security court - proceedings in Strasbourg continued by applicant's widow
A (A Local Authority) v PD & Another
Privacy – Criminal Trial - Injunction to restrain identification of defendant and victim - Children - Non-parties - Privacy - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10
Al-Koronky v Time-Life Entertainment Group Ltd & Another (QB)
Libel - Security for Costs - Claimants resident in the Sudan - Enforcement of costs - CPR Part 25.12 - CFAs - After the event insurance (ATE) - Discretion
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (CA)
Libel - Justification - Reynolds - Striking Out - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24
A v B, C & D
Privacy - Confidence - Injunctions - Likelihood of Success - Claimant having put similar information into the public domain - 'zone of privacy'
A & B v Channel Four
Privacy - Injunctions - Covert filming of children in schools - Article 8 - Article 10 - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (QB)
Libel - Meaning - Reasonable Grounds to Suspect/Investigate - Justification - Qualified Privilege - Reynolds - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24 - Striking Out CPR 3.4 - Costs - Security for Costs - Costs Capping Orders
Allport v Wilbraham
Sport - Rubgy - Negligence - Personal Injury - Conflicting Witness Evidence
Attorney-General v Express Newspapers
Contempt - Substantial risk of prejudice - Evidence - Beyond all reasonable doubt - penalty
Arief International Inc v Celador International Ltd
Contract - Broadcasting - 'Right to produce' - Right to renew - 'Assignment' - 'Delegation' - 'Sub-licence' - Waiver
Attorney General v MGN Ltd
Confidential information - breach of confidence - Human Rights - employment contract - whether a contractual duty of confidence should be given more weight than an implied duty- interim injunction
Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation v Wall Street Journal Europe (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - justification - sufficient grounds for investigation - reasonable grounds to suspect - allegations of involvement in terrorist funding
Archer v Williams
Breach of Confidence - Contract - Employment - European Convention on Human Rights - Article 8 - Article 10 - Damages - Injury to feelings - liability for republication
Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corp v Wall Street Journal Europe
Defamation - Libel - amendment - justification - allegations of association with institutions or persons suspected of terrorism - whether such allegations breach established principles of law
Associated Newspapers Ltd & Another v Express Newspapers
Intellectual property - Passing off - Trade mark infringement - Trade mark validity - Injunction - Clarity of proposed use
Adams v Guardian Newspapers Ltd
Libel - Defamatory meaning - Parliamentary privilege - Fair comment - Veritas (justification) - Reynolds qualified privilege - whether a Reynolds qualified privilege defence is applicable in Scotland
Attorney General v Punch Ltd & Another
Contempt of court – Criminal contempt – Human Rights - Intention to interfere with course of justice – Breach of injunction by person not party to action
A & others v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others
Reporting Restrictions - Family - Children - Applications by Media to vary/discharge order - Costs
Abu v MGN Ltd
Defamation - Libel - offer of amends- principles to be applied in assessing compensation under s3(5) of the Defamation Act 1996- damages
Ashworth Hospital Authority v MGN Ltd
Breach of Confidence- identification of journalist's source- Norwich Pharmacal order- Section 10 Contempt of Court Act 1981- meaning of interests of justice exception - Article 10 and 10(2) of the ECHR.
Allason & Anor v Random House UK Ltd
Contempt of court - Disclosure of assets - Delay in complying with order - Inadequate disclosure
Attorney-General v MGN Ltd
Contempt of court - Leeds footballers - trial for assault on Asian studen - newspaper article when jury considering verdict - jury discharged - risk of prejudice - penalties - mitigation
A v B plc (Flitcroft v MGN Ltd)
Breach of confidence - Privacy - Interim injunction - Public Interest - Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 10 - guidelines to be considered on interim applications - public figures - role models - section 12 Human Rights Act 1998
ABC v Lenah Game Meats
Confidence - privacy - interim injunction -Australian law
Al-Fagih v HH Saudi Research & Marketing
Defamation - Libel - Qualified privilege - Reynolds - Duties of responsible journalists - Verification of information - Political debate - Neutral reportage
Allason v Random House UK Limited
Intellectual property - Copyright – Trial – Sole/Joint author – Ghost writer – Claim to be both sole author or joint author factually inconsistent – Whether Claimant acted dishonestly in bringing proceedings – Referral by judge to DPP.
Ashdown v Telegraph Group Ltd
Intellectual property - Copyright - Fair Dealing- ss.30 & 171(3) Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988 - Public Interest - European Convention on Human Rights - Article 10 - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24
Alexander v Arts Council of Wales
Defamation - libel - withdrawing of malice from the jury at conclusion of evidence - right to jury determination - CPR Part 24 - summary jdgment - s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981
Attorney General v Times Newspapers Ltd and others
Confidential information – breach of confidence – public interest – public domain - injunctive relief - Article 10 ECHR - s 12 HRA
Aitken v Preston and Others
Defamation - Libel - Mode of Trial - Trial by Judge alone - Prolonged Examination of Documents - s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981
A&M Records Ltd & Anr v Video Collection International Ltd
Intellectual property - Copyright - infringement - action over use of sound recordings embodying music to which the dancers, Torvill and Dean, performed in various dance championships in 1994
Attorney-General v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Contempt of court - publication - injunction - risk of prejudice to forthcoming libel trial
Attorney-General of New Zealand v Ortiz
Conflict of laws - personal property - unlawful export of artefact - forfeiture under New Zealand law