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Blake and ors v Fox
Libel – serious harm – social media – causation – qualified privilege
Bermuda Press (Holdings) Limited v Tamine
Breach of confidence – misuse of private information – interim injunctions
Baroness Lawrence & Ors v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Summary judgment – strike out – misuse of private information – limitation
Blake & ors v Fox (CA)
Natural & Ordinary Meaning - Fact or Opinion - Definition - Trials of Preliminary Issue
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
Blake, Seymour & Thorp v Fox
Trials of Preliminary Issue - Meaning - Honest Opinion - Default Judgment - Relief From Sanctions - Trial by Jury - Shadow Pleadings
Blackledge v Persons Unknown
Defamation – Libel – Harassment – Data Protection – Quantum – Damages – Injunction – Section 13 order
BVG v LAR (No 2)
Blackmail - Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - Harassment - Summary Judgment - Final Injunction
BVC v EWF (No. 2)
Injunction - Privacy - Harassment - jurisdiction - summary judgment
BVG v LAR (No 1)
Blackmail - Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - Harassment - Interim Injunction- Non-Disclosure Application
Butt v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Defamation – meaning – honest opinion
BBC v Independent Office for Police Conduct
Information Notice Appeal – Investigatory Powers – Police Reform Act 2002 – Article 10
BVC v EWF
Privacy - injunction - internet publication - jurisdiction - special jurisdiction - Lugano Convention - centre of interests
Brown v Bower & Another
Defamation
Butt v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Defamation - meaning - honest opinion
Bukovsky v CPS (CA)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Appellate Review
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Limited & another
Appeal - Interim Injunction – Breach of Confidence – Public Interest – Prior Restraint – Open Justice
Blue v Ashley v Times Newspapers Limited
Open Justice - Disclosure - Application by a non-party for court documents - Power of the court to provide documents to a non-party - CPR 5.4C - CPR 32.12 - CPR 32.13
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Ltd, Maiya Keidan & Persons Unknown
Interim Injunction - Breach of Confidence – Public Interest – Prior Restraint – Open Justice
Bains, Kazan-Allen & VNP v Moore, K2 Intelligence Ltd & Bigazzi
Breach of Confidence- Misuse of Private Information - Breach of statutory duty under the Data Protection Act 1998 - Interim Remedies - Delivery Up - Procedure - need for Particulars of Claim
Basuta v Dhemrait
Malicious prosecution - permission to appeal - extensions of time - Denton principles
Barron v Collins
Defamation – slander - libel - offer of amends – s3(5) Defamation Act 1996 – political libels – aggravating conduct during the offer of amends procedure
Begg v BBC
Libel – Justification – Meaning - Broadcasting – Islam – Extremism
Brand & Goldsmith v Berki
Summary judgment granted in harassment claim
Brett Wilson LLP v Persons Unknown
Libel - s. 1(2) Defamation Act 2013 - serious financial loss - damages - injunction - summary disposal
Braun v Poland
Libel - Article 8 - Article 10 - journalism - public debate - public concern - public interest
Bewry v Reed Elsevier UK Ltd (CA)
Defamation - Libel - Internet publication - Limitation period - Disapplication - s.32A Limitation Act 1980 - Jameel abuse
Brand v Berki
Harassment - injunction - Article 10 - s12 HRA - balance of convenience
Building Register Ltd v Weston
Defamation - libel - res judicata - abuse of process - amendment to defence - justification - honest comment - case management conference
Briggs v Jordan
Libel – meaning – natural and ordinary meaning – innuendo meaning – breach of confidence – misuse of private information – strike out – Jameel abuse
Bristol City Council v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Care Proceedings – Publication of Facts and Reasons from Family Proceedings Court – Injunction – Article 10 – Article 8
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
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
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
Bacon v Automattic Inc
Libel - Disclosure - Norwich Pharmacal - Foreign Websites - Respondents outside jurisdiction - Permission to serve application outside jurisdiction - alternative service of Claim Form by e-mail - Jurisdiction to order
Bowker v RSPB
Defamation – Libel - Defamatory meaning - Mode of trial – Summary judgment - Qualified privilege – Malice – Scientific issues
Baturina v Times Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Defamation – Innuendo meanings – Strict liability – Requirement to plead publishees with knowledge of relevant facts – Liability for third party re-publications - Foreseeability of damage – Jameel abuse of process
Brady v Norman (No 2) (CA)
Defamation - limitation - section 32A of the Limitation Act 1980 - s.33 Limitation Act 1980
BBC v HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Interim injunction – Confidential information - Human Rights Act 1998, s.12(3) – Likelihood of establishing at trial that publication should not be allowed – Public domain
Brady v Norman (No 2)
Libel - Slander - Limitation period - Disapplication of limitation period - s.32A Limitation Act 1980 - Appeal
Bowman v MGN Ltd
Libel - Offer to make amends - Defamation Act 1996, ss.2 - 4 - Compensation - Costs - Rejection of settlement offers
British Chiropractic Association v Singh (CA)
Libel – Fair comment (‘honest opinion’) – Whether words fact or comment/opinion
Bridle v Williams
Defamation - Slander - Strike out - Summary judgment - Qualified privilege - Malice - Abuse of process
Berezovsky v Russian State Television & Another (No 2)
Defamation - Libel – Liability for publication – Justification – Damages – Joint tortfeasors
BKM Ltd v BBC
Injunctions - Privacy - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Human Rights Act 1998, ss. 12(3) and (4)
Bloom v Robinson-Millar
Defamation - Libel - Harassment - Trial of action - Neighbour dispute - Publication of letters over a long period - Whether course of conduct was harassment of claimant - Damages
Bray v Deutsche Bank AG (No 2)
Libel - Part 24 - Publication - Successive Part 24 applications - Malice - qualified privilege - preliminary issues
Barclays Bank PLC v Guardian News & Media Ltd
Breach of confidence - Injunction - Documents available on internet - Whether documents remained confidential - Human Rights Act 1998, s.12(4) - Freedom of expression - Public interest - Whether injunction proportionate interference with right
Bedeau v London Borough of Newham
Contempt of Court - Defamation - Confidential information - Family Division - Publication - Website - Whether principles of defamation apply to laws of contempt
Briscoe Mitchell v Hodder & Stoughton Ltd & Anr, Associated Newspapers Limited (non-party)
Defamation action – Witness summons – Non-party disclosure – CPR 31.17
Brady v Norman
Defamation - Libel - Qualified privilege - Defamatory meaning - Internet publication - Trade journal
Berezovsky v Russian State Television & Another
Defamation - Libel - Foreign broadcaster - Jurisdiction - Fair trial - Defence not justiciable - Anonymity of sources - s.10 Contempt of Court Act 1981
Bray v Deutsche Bank AG
Defamation - Libel - Qualified privilege - Malice - Anonymity of witnesses
Balan v Moldova
Human rights - Photographs - Protocol 1, Article 1, ECHR - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions - State use of private property - Unauthorised use of photographs - Photographer's right to compensation
BBC v Sugar & The Information Commissioner (CA)
Freedom of information - Information Tribunal - Jurisdiction - Appeal from decision of Information Commissioner - 'Decision notice' - BBC as public authority - Information held for purposes of journalism - ss.50, 57, Freedom of Information Act 2000
Blackwell v Bates & Ors
Libel - Defences - Qualified privilege - Reply to attack - Fair Comment - Meaning - Malice
Bluck v The Information Commissioner and Epsom & St Helier University NHS Trust
Freedom of information - Medical records - Access to medical records of deceased by mother - Exemptions from disclosure - Freedom of Information Act 2000, s.41
Burstein v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Fair Comment - Striking Out - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24
Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd & Others v Vetplus Ltd (CA)
Prior restraint – Interim Injunctions – Human Rights Act section 12(3) – European Convention on Human Rights Article 10 – Comparative Advertising – Libel – Malicious Falsehood – Trade Marks
Buckley v Dalziel
Defamation - Absolute privilege - Qualified privilege - Witness statement provided to police officer - Limitation - s.32A Limitation Act 1980
Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd & Others v Vetplus Ltd (ChD)
Prior restraint – Interim Injunctions – Human Rights Act section 12(3) – European Convention on Human Rights Article 10 – Comparative Advertising – Libel – Malicious Falsehood – Trade Marks
Browne v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Privacy - Injunction - Freedom of expression - Breach of confidence - Articles 8,10 ECHR - s.12 HRA 1998
Baigent and Leigh v The Random House Group Ltd (CA)
Copyright - Literary work - Infringment - Substantial part - Non-verbal copying - Intention - Animus furandi
Browne v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Article 8 ECHR - Article 10 ECHR - Business information - Interim injunction - Prior restraint - Section 12 HRA 1998 - Contempt of court
Barrett v Rosenthal
Libel – Liability of Website Providers - Immunity under US law
Barton v Home Office
Data protection - Data Protection Act 1998 - Transitional provisions - Fourth Data Protection Principle (accuracy) - Privacy - Article 8 - Summary judgment - Striking out
Baker v Maynard
Libel - Internet publication - Qualified privilege - Common interest - Whether Defendant in existing relationship with members of closed website or an officious bystander - Whether Defendant could rely on fair comment defence solely in mitigation of damages
Barrett v Universal-Island Records & Others
Contract - Parties - Agency - Copyright - Authorship - Performers' rights - ss.182A, 182B, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 - Regulation 27, Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996 - Unjust enrichment - Settlement agreement - Enforcement of settlement agreement - Abuse of process - Estoppel, acquiescence and laches - Cause of action estoppel - Trust of a promise
Brasilier v France
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR - Defamation - Election candidates in dispute - Allegations of ballot rigging, fraud and theft - One French franc in damages awarded - Importance of open political debate - Basis in truth - Sanction disproportionate
Baigent & Another v The Random House Group Ltd
Copyright - Literary Works - Non-Textual Copying - Infringement
Bunt v Tilley & Others
Libel - Internet Service Providers - Liability at common law - Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 - s.1 Defamation Act 1996 - Abuse of process
Birmingham City Council v H
Care proceedings - children's welfare - publication of judgments - disclosure of medical reports into the public domain
BBC v Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, X and Y
Privacy - Anonymity - Social workers - Family proceedings - Injunction to restrain identification - Article 8, ECHR - Freedom of expression - Article 10, ECHR
Brown v Mcasso Music Productions Ltd
Costs - Discretion - Part 36 Offers - Refusal to Negotiate - Copyright - Appeal from Patents County Court
Beckham & Another v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Libel - Specific Disclosure - CPR Part 31.12 - Correct Test to be Applied
Bangoura v Washington Post & Others
Libel - Internet - Jurisdiction - Forum - Publication - Damage
British Horse Racing Board v William Hill Organization Ltd
Database rights - Meaning of substantial investment in obtaining verification or presentation of contents of database - Sport - Horseracing
Bradley v The Jockey Club (No.3)
Sports Law - domestic disciplinary decision - disqualification -domestic appeal - period of disqualification reduced - allegation penalty excessive - High Court dismissing claim - appeal from High Court - restraint of trade - nature and standard of review
Bradley v The Jockey Club (No.2)
Permission to appeal - new point not taken below - fresh evidence - Human Rights - Article 6 ECHR - privilege against self-incrimination
Busuioc v Moldova
Human Rights - Defamation - Libel - Article - ECHR - Freedom of Expression - Damages awarded against journalist for defamation - Whether interference with Art 10 right prescribed by law - Whether interference necessary in a democratic society
Blunkett v Quinn
Family law - contact orders - parental responsibility orders - public hearings - Article 6 - Article 8
British Horseracing Board v William Hill
Database right - Infringement - Horseracing database - Indirect sourcing of data - Extraction or re-utilisation of substantial part - Repeated and systematic extraction or re-utilisation of insubstantial parts - Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 - Database Directive 96/9/EC
Bradley v Jockey Club
Sports Law - Appeal from Jockey Club Appeal Board - Review of Appeal Board decision to disqualify for breach of rules - whether penalty of disqualification imposed was disproportionate and unlawful - whether Jockey Club was in breach of contract in imposing a disproportionate penalty - whether imposition of the disqualification was an unreasonable restraint of trade - whether new evidence should be adduced at hearing
Brighton & Dubbeljoint v Jones
Intellectual Property- Copyright - Dramatic work - Joint author - Substantiality of contribution - Infringement - Implied authorisation - Contract
Building Product Design Ltd v Sandtoft Roof Tiles Ltd
Patents - Infringement - Abuse of Process - Measure of Damages - Res Judicata - Only one type of infringement pleaded - Second action brought on excluded types.
Bedford v The Number (UK) Ltd
Intellectual property- sports law- OFCOM- Advertising- complaint under r 6.5 ITC Advertising Code - whether the claimant was caricatured in a 118 advert
Blake v Associated Newspapers Limited
Defamation- Libel - Civil Procedure- Ecclesiastical- Human Rights- Arts 6, 10 - Stay of Proceedings- Justiciability - whether deference to religious doctrine outweighs right of access to the courts
Bloomsbury Publishing Group Ltd v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
Intellectual property - Copyright - injunction - whether an injunction could be obtained against an unnamed party -John Doe injunction
Butters v Clarkson
Media law - Publishing - Contract - Uncertainty
Bloomsbury Publishing Group Ltd v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Others
Intellectual property - Copyright - Confidence - Conversion - Injunctions - whether an injunction could be granted against an unnamed person -John Doe injunction
Bennett & Another v BBC & Another
Defamation - libel - particulars of justification - whether the defendant could justify the common sting of the whole article when the Claimant only complained about parts of it
Brinn & Jarvis v Russell Jones & Walker (a firm)
Professional Negligence - Duty and Standard of Care -Defamation - Libel - Assessment of Damages - Ability of original defendant to pay damages.
Bamgboye v Reed & Others
Copyright - Ownership - Musical work - Joint authorship
Bataille v Newland & Ors
Defamation - Libel - Publication - Strike out - CPR Part 3.1 and 3.4 - No reasonable grounds for alleging publication - Summary Judgment under CRP Part 24.2 - no prospect of proving publication - Mini-trial.
Bonnick v Morris
Defamation - Libel- qualified privilege to the world at large- meaning- whether single meaning rule applied applicable in determining whether Reynolds privilege available - whether article met standard of responsible journalism
Best v Charter Medical of England Ltd
Defamation - Slander - Requirement to set out precise words used in Particulars of Claim - Whether Claimant had pleaded words with sufficient precision - Whether Claimant could seek further information from the Defendant as to the precise words used - CPR Part 53 PD 2.4
Berezovsky v Forbes Inc & Michaels (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Justification of lesser meaning - Article 10 - Human Rights Act 1998 - s.5 Defamation Act 1952
Baldwin v Rusbridger
Defamation - Libel - Republication - Qualified Privilege - Reynolds - Reply to attack - Fair Comment - Freedom of Expression - Article 10 - European Convention on Human Rights
Branson v Bower
Defamation - libel - fair comment - defendant publishing article about claimant's motives for bidding for National Lottery franchise - whether words complained of comment or statements of fact - judge ruling that words were comment
Burstein v Times Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Damages - Evidence in mitigation of damages - rule in Scott v Sampson - Summary disposal under s.8 Defamation Act 1996
Berezovsky v Forbes Inc & Michaels
Defamation - Jurisdiction - Choice of Forum - Forum Non Conveniens - Claimants' connection with and reputation in England and Wales - Admittance of new evidence
Barclay v United Kingdom
Human Rights - Privacy - Broadcasting - Unwanted filming - Article 8 - Broadcasting Complaints Commission
Basham v Gregory (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Justification - Defamation Act 1952, s.5 - Summing up - Misdirection - Criticism of counsel - Retrial
Bunn v BBC
Confidentiality - statement under caution - proposed publication - interim injunction application - public domain - public interest - iniquity
Brady v United Kingdom
Human Rights- Defamation - Libel - malicious falsehood - legal aid - mental patients - access to court - right to private life - inhuman and degrading treatment
Broxton v McClelland (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - conduct of jury trial
Basham v Gregory
Defamation - Late Amendments - Justification
Broxton v McClelland
Defamation - libel - abuse of process - collateral purpose - striking out
Brent Walker Group Plc v Time Out Ltd
Defamation - fair comment on privileged statement - striking out of defence - what facts to be proved for valid defence
Barnett v Crozier
Defamation - settlement with one of two defendants - statement in open court - objection by remaining defendant -discretion to permit