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Solicitor General v Yaxley-Lennon [2024] EWHC 2732 (KB), [2025] EWCA Civ 476
Mr Yaxley-Lennon admitted 10 breaches of an injunction imposed on him by Nicklin J in the libel case of Hijazi v Yaxley-Lennon, including publishing online a film that repeated the libel. Johnson J committed him to prison for 18 months (less 3 days for time spent in custody on remand) comprising a punitive element of 14 months and a coercive element of 4 months, which would be remitted if Mr Yaxley-Lennon were to remove his film from his social media accounts and take all possible steps to secure its removal from other online sources. Mr Yaxley-Lennon brought an out-of-time appeal against the penalty, contending that, because he was being segregated from other prisoners for his own safety, prison conditions were harsher than Johnson J had anticipated and, in reliance on a recently obtained psychologist’s report, that his imprisonment had caused his mental health to deteriorate and that he had been suffering from undiagnosed ADHD at the time of sentence. The Court of Appeal granted an extension of time and permitted reliance on the psychologist’s report but dismissed the appeal. The prison conditions were not materially harsher or more onerous than the Judge foresaw. There had been some evidence about Mr Yaxley-Lennon’s mental health before Johnson J and the new medical evidence did not show either a significant exacerbation of a known condition or a material new factor.
Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Alexander Greensill
Open justice – Article 8 – Pre-hearing access to witness statements – Non-parties
Stoute v News Group Newspapers Limited
Misuse of private information – interim injunction – return dates
Soriano v Le Point & Anor
Libel - Specific disclosure - Subscriber data
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
Soriano v Le Point & Anor
Libel – summary judgment – strike out – serious harm
Stadler v Currys Group Ltd
Data protection – misuse of private information – breach of confidence – negligence – smart devices – Jameel – de minimis – allocation
Soriano v Forensic News LLC & ors
Libel – Jurisdiction – Service Out – s.9 Defamation Act 2013 – Malicious Falsehood – s.3 Defamation Act 1952 – Loutchansky Malice – data protection – GDPR – Data Protection Act 2018 – UKGDPR – territorial applicability
Soriano v Silverstein
Libel – section 9 Defamation Act 2013 – jurisdiction – service out – forum conveniens – service gateways – centre of interests
Sahota v Middlesex Broadcasting Corporation Ltd & Ors
Defamatory meaning - Foreign language television broadcast - Whether defamatory - Whether fact or opinion
Soriano v Forensic News & ors
Libel - section 9 Defamation Act 2013 - jurisdiction - service-out - forum conveniens - malicious falsehood - GDPR - data protection - establishment - extra-territoriality - service gateways - centre of interests
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou v (1) Telegraph Media Group (2) Mr Ben Marlow
Defamation – Trial of Preliminary Issues – Meaning – Honest Opinion – Defamatory at common law
Serafin v Malkiewicz & Others
Libel - unfair judicial treatment - order for retrial - s 4 Defamation Act 2013 - defence of publication on matter of public interest
Sube v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Express Newspapers (No 3)
Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Harassment by Media Publications - Data Protection Act 1998 - s.10 Data Protection Act 1998 - s.14 Data Protection Act 1998
Sheikh v Associated Newspapers Limited
Defamation - Meaning - Honest Opinion - Preliminary Issue Trial
Sadik v Sadik
Defamation - Libel - Strike out - Summary judgment - s.9, Defamation Act 2013 - CPR r.11 - Jurisdiction - Domicile - s.1, Defamation Act 2013 - Serious harm to reputation - Jameel abuse of process
SOJ v JAO
Injunction - Without Notice - Private Hearing- Anonymity - Blackmail - Data Protection - Privacy - Confidentiality - s12, Human Rights Act 1998
Simon v Lyder
Defamation - Libel - Appeal from Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago - Reliance upon subsequent facts - The extent which, if at all, two or more different statements made upon different occasions by the same defendant may be aggregated for the purpose of giving rise to a cause of action in defamation
Solicitor General v Holmes
Contempt in the face of the court – guidance where committal pursued in the Divisional Court
Spicer v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Defamation - meaning - preliminary issue trial - bane and antidote
Serafin v Malkiewicz
Libel – public interest – truth – damages – unfair judicial treatment
Swift v Information Commissioner & Highways England
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - s. 43 exemption (prejudice to commercial interests) - confidentiality of contractual tenders - public interest
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
Sabados v Facebook Ireland
Norwich Pharmacal – Confidentiality – Misuse of Private Information – Data Protection
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
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
Sir Cliff Richard OBE v (1) The British Broadcasting Corporation (2) Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police
Interim Application - Request for Further Information – Journalistic Sources – Misuse of Private Information – Articles 6, 8 & 10 ECHR.
Stunt v Associated Newspapers
data protection – the data protection act 1998 – s.32(4) – stay in data protection claims
Simpson v Mirror Group Newspapers Limited (CA)
Libel - meaning - justification
Sarah Lynette Webb v Lewis Silkin LLP
Misuse of private information – Statements in Open Court – Freedom of Expression – Privacy
Svetlana Lokhova v Piotr Tymula
Libel - Limitation Act 1980 - s. 32A - Jameel abuse - qualified privilege - malice - summary judgment
Sloutsker v Romanova
Defamation - Assessment of damages for publications online - whether to grant an injunction against a defendant overseas- whether to proceed in the defendant's absence- whether the court needed to rule on meaning where default judgment had been entered
Sloutsker v Romanova
Defamation - libel - foreign claimant - foreign defendant - service out of the jurisdiction - whether material non disclosure - whether real and substantial tort within jurisdiction of England and Wales - whether England is the proper forum - likelihood of serious harm - service of English proceedings in Russian Federation - whether valid service effected under Hague Convention - CPR 6.40(3)
Sebry v (1) Companies House and (2) The Registrar of Companies
Negligence – breach of statutory duty – duty of care – breach of duty – causation
Stankiewicz v Poland
ECHR - Article 10 - responsible journalism - reasonable belief
SRJ v Persons Unknown
Anonymous blog - disclosure order - breach of confidence - legal professional privilege
Surrey County Council v ME
reporting restriction order - identification - children - identity of defendant in criminal proceedings - human rights - Article 8 ECHR - Article 10 ECHR
Shozab Abbas v Nawa-I-Jang (17 October 2013)
£95,000 damages awarded over article published in popular Urdu newspaper
Subotic v Knezevic
Defamation - Jurisdiction - Jameel abuse
Surrey County Council v Al-Hilli and the Chief Constable of Surrey
Reporting Restrictions - Family Court
Smith v Dha
Defamation - CPR 40.7 - Death of Claimant - Abatement of Action - Power to revive
Smeaton v Equifax Plc
Data protection Act 1998 - fourth principle - duty for data to be accurate and up to date - duty of care in tort coextensive with the DPA
Sullivan v Bristol Film Studios
Copyright infringement - music - High Court claim for 800,000 - small number of infringements - maximum damages 50 - case dismissed - Jameel v Dow Jones applied - appeal - challenge to judge's assessment - judge right - but small size of claim not enough to justify dismissal - court to consider if a proportionate means of disposal available
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
STU v UVW
Misuse of private information - interim injunction - anonymity - open justice
Sleeman v Panchaud
Defamation -- Injunctions - Without Notice Injunctions - Bonnard v Perryman - Practice & Procedure - s.110 Patents Act 1997 - Unauthorised Claim of Patent Rights
Spiller v Joseph
Defamation - Fair comment - Extent to which defence requires that the comment should identify the matter to which it relates
Saaristo v Finland
Freedom of Expression - Article 10, European Convention on Human Rights - Privacy - Conviction for violation of privacy - Publication of private information relating to extra-marital affair between political candidate and aide - Fine, damages and costs awarded - Whether necessary in a democratic society
Sanoma Uitgevers BV v Netherlands
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Article 10, European Convention on Human Rights - Protection of journalistic sources - Investigation of crime - Photographs
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP (No 2)
Control orders - identification - threat of violence - private life - Article 3 - Article 8 - anonymity
Sanders v Percy & Ministry of Justice (No 2)
Defamation - Slander - Delay - Strike out - Unless order - Relief from sanction - CPR r.3.9
Sanders v Percy & Ministry of Justice
Slander - Strike out - Slander actionable per se - Harrassment - Abuse of process - Jameel abuse
Spencer v Spencer
Family proceedings - Media access - Ancillary relief - Application to exclude media from hearing - Family Proceeding Rules, 10.28
Sanoma Uitgevers BV v Netherlands
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Article 10, European Convention on Human Rights - Protection of journalistic sources - Investigation of crime - Photographs
Sugar v BBC & Anor (HL)
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - jurisdiction - information held for the purposes of journalism, art or literature - public body - hybrid authority - decision notice
Smith v ADVFN Plc & Ors (No 2)
Defamation - Libel - Stay - Postings on internet bulletin board - Whether to be treated as libels or slanders
Seray-Wurie v Charity Commission of England and Wales
Defamation - Striking out - Summary judgment - Qualified privilege - Malice
Smith v ADVFN Plc (CA)
Defamation - Norwich Pharmacal disclosure – Defamatory material on bulletin board
Sharma v Singh & Associated Newspapers (No. 2)
Anonymity of witnesses - Allegations of sexual harassment - CPR 39.2(4) - Libel trial
Selvarajan v GMC
Professional discipline - Penalty - Mitigation - Delay - ECHR Article 6
Seaga v Harper
Defamation - Slander - Defences - Qualified privilege - Reynolds privilege - Statement by politician - Application of Reynolds privilege to non-media publication
Sharma v Singh & Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Defences - Justification - Lucas-Box meaning - Legitimate scope of plea of justification to a level 1 meaning - Repetition rule
Harassment - Whether conduct constituted harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Stoll v Switzerland
Article 10 - Journalistic sources - Responsible journalism - National interests
Sheffield Wednesday FC & ors v Hargreaves
Defamation - Libel - Norwich Pharmacal relief - Anonymous website postings
Sheffield United Football Club Ltd v Football Association Premier League Ltd
Sport - football - player registration - breach of rules - Disciplinary Commission - fine imposed - no points deducted - third party club complaints - alleged illegality in decision - alleged failure of FAPL to investigate and take further disciplinary measures - relief sought required reconsideration and new charges - arbitration of those issues under FAPL rules - no relief granted
Saim Üstün v Turkey
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Article 10, European Convention on Human Rights - Whether necessary in a democratic society - Conviction of publisher for publication of separatist propaganda
Smithkline Beecham & Others v Avery & Webb
Injunction - Interim Injunction - Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act
Stretford v The Football Association Ltd & Another (CA)
FA disciplinary proceedings – Declaratory relief - Restraint of trade - Public policy - Article 6, ECHR - Arbitration agreement under FA rules – Stay - s.9(1), Arbitration Act 1996
sterreichischer Rundfunk v Austria
Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Public interest - Photographs - Television -Broadcast of photograph of convicted person upon release from prison - Political extremists - Meaning of 'non-governmental organisation'
SD Marine Ltd v Powell
Defamation - Libel - Offer of amends - Offer and acceptance - Whether offer of amends validly made and accepted - s.2 Defamation Act 1996
Sunderland Housing Company & another v Baines & others
Defamation- Libel - Harassment - Data protection - Injunctive relief - Responsibility for website - Whether injunctive relief should be granted - John Doe order
Stone v South East Coast Strategic Health Authority & Others
Privacy - Confidence - Medical Information - ECHR, Articles 8 and 10 - Judicial review of decision to publish full report into care, supervision and treatment of individual
Sportswear SpA & Four Marketing Ltd v Stonestyle Ltd (CA)
Trade marks - Infringement - Defence - Trade Marks Act 1994, s.12 - Goods distributed within EEA with consent of owner - Competition law - EC Treaty, Art 81 - Anti-competitive agreements - Striking out
Stretford v The Football Association Ltd & Another
Sport - players' agent - incorporation of arbitration clause into contract between players' agent and Football Association - waiver of right under Art 6 ECHR to court hearing - stay of court proceedings
Synthon BV v SmithKline Beecham plc
Patents – Enabling disclosure – Novelty – State of the art – Patent invalid by reason of prior disclosure which, if performed, would infringe the patent – Anti-depressants – Crystalline form – Patents Act 1977, ss. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 14
Savitchi v Moldova
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Art 10, ECHR - Defamation - Libel - Freedom of the press - Reporting statements of others - Duty to prove - Necessary in a democratic society
Sales v Stromberg & others
Unregistered designs – Breach of Confidence – Passing Off – Designs Based on Simple Geometric Shapes – Originality Test –s.213(4) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
Société des produits Nestlé SA v Mars UK Ltd
Trade marks – Directive 89/104/EEC – Absence of distinctive character – Distinctive character acquired through use – Use as part of or in conjunction with a registered trade mark
Steinberg v Pritchard Englefield (No 2)
Adjournments - Defamation - Summary Judgment - Appeal -Absence of party at hearing - Publication - Website
Sofola v Lloyds TSB Bank plc
Defamation - Slander - Qualified privilege - ss.13 and 14 Data Protection Act 1998 - Civil Procedure - CPR Part 3.4 - CPR Part 24 - CPR Part 52(3)(6)
Steinberg v Pritchard Englefield & other
Defamation - Libel - Appeal - Summary disposal - Sections 8 to 10 Defamation Act 1996 - Website publication to the world at large - Whether claim could be an abuse of process - Jameel v Dow Jones
Smith v Lloyds TSB Bank Plc
Data protection - 'Data' - s.1(1) Data Protection Act 1998 - Information previously processed - Information capable of conversion to digital format - 'Personal data' - Information about company - s.7(9) Data Protection Act 1998
Steel & Morris v United Kingdom
Libel - Unavailability of Legal Aid - Fair Trial - Corporations - Right to Sue - Burden of Proof - Damages - Article 6 - Article 10
Sciacca v Italy
Privacy - Photographs - Article 8, ECHR - Criminal investigation - Photograph of suspect released by police - Publication of photograph by newspapers - Whether interference prescribed by law
Selisto v Finland
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Criminal defamation - Prosecution of journalist - Article 10 ECHR - Whether necessary in a democratic society
Sabou & Pircalab v Romania
Human Rights - Criminal Defamation - prosecution of journalists - whether prosecution and conviction were breaches of Articles 8,10 and 13 ECHR
Sony v Ball
Copyright - Copyright-protection - Circumvention - CDPA 1988, s.296 - 'infringing copies' - 'sole intended purpose' - CDPA 1988, ss.296ZA-ZD
Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd v Alfred McAlpine plc
Intellectual Property- Passing off - Company names - Shared goodwill - Misrepresentation - Confusion
Sharma v Jay & Others (No.2)
Defamation - Slander - Stay of proceedings - concurrent GMC disciplinary proceedings
Sheikha Mouza al Misnad v Azzaman Ltd & Others
Defamation - Libel - Summary disposal - CPR Part 24 - s.8 Defamation Act 1996 - Conflict of laws - Publication in multiple foreign jurisdictions - Reynolds privilege - Standards of responsible journalism
Stallwood & Stallwood v Smith
Defamation- Libel - Qualified Privilege- Summary Judgment-Part 24- Whether pre-action correspondence between a prospective litigant and a solicitor are protected by qualified privilege
Sharma v Jay & Others
Defamation- Harassment- Protection from Harassment Act 1997- Malice- Slander- Application to strike out claim for harassment and plea of malice- CPR Part 3.4 and Part 24.2
Singer & Friedlander Commercial Finance Ltd v Thomas
Commercial law – hire purchase – personal guarantee - chattel mortgage
Spencer v Sillitoe and International Computers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Summary judgment - Disputed facts - Role of Jury - CPR Part 24 - s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981
Sony Computer Entertainment v Owen
Intellectual property - Copyright - Infringement - Injunction - Additional Statutory Damages - s.97(2) Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988 - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24
Safeway v Tate
Defamation - Libel - CPR Part 24 - Summary Judgment - Right to Jury Trial - s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981
Service Corp International plc & Anor v Channel Four Television Corp & Anor
Undercover filming - employee - trespass - copyright - equitable ownership - breach of confidence - interim injunction - freedom of expression - balance of convenience - delay - discretion
Service Corporation International plc & Anor v Channel Four Television & Anor
Copyright - Confidential information - Trespass - Funeral directors - Undercover filming for broadcast - Employee of plaintiffs - Interim injunction - Serious issue to be tried - Balance of convenience
Spencer v United Kingdom
Human Rights- Freedom of expression - breach of confidence -respect for private life - Articles 8 and 13 of ECHR- intrusion- photography- whether domestic remedies had been exhausted
Stevenage Borough Football Club Ltd v The Football League Ltd
Sport - football - rules of admission to league competition - restraint of trade - common law rules - judicial review - discretionary relief - delay - prejudice to third parties - claim dismissed
Singer v The Jockey Club
Sports - horseracing - dope testing - disqualification - disciplinary tribunal - contract - owner claiming horse wrongly disqualified - damages