Cases

Active filters: Barrister: Adrienne Page KC [clear]
Year: 2006 [clear]

Wakefield v Channel Four Television & Others (No.3)

Defamation - Libel - Disclosure - Inspection - Documents obtained by GMC in course of inquiry - s.35A Medical Act 1983 - Restriction on collateral use

[2006] EWHC 3289 (QB); [2007] 94 BMLR 1 - Queen's Bench Division

Judge Eady J

Tierney v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No.2) (Costs)

Defamation - Libel - Appeal - Costs capping orders - Conditional Fee Agreements - Level of costs cap - Expenditure within a costs cap - Recoverability of a QC's fees

[2006] EWHC 3275 (QB) - Queen's Bench Division

Judge Eady J with Senior Costs Judge Hurst

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

[2006] EWCA Civ 1123; The Times, 28 August 2006 - Court of Appeal

Judge Sedley, Keene & Longmore LJJ

Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others (No.3)

Defamation - Libel - Reynolds privilege - Responsible journalism - Fair and accurate reports - Reportage - Whether book protected by qualified privilege

[2006] EWHC 1756 (QB); [2007] 1 All ER 622 - Queen's Bench Division

Judge Gray J

Turner v News Group Newspapers Ltd (CA)

Defamation - Libel - Offer of amends - Assessment of compensation under s.3(5) Defamation Act 1996 - Burstein plea - 'Directly relevant background context' - Mitigation of damages

[2006] EWCA Civ 540; [2006] 1 WLR 3469; [2006] 4 All ER 613; [2006] EMLR 703; The Independent, 23 May 2006 - Court of Appeal

Judge Pill, Keene & Moses LJJ

Howlett v Holding (No. 4)

Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Injunction - Interim injunction - Permanent injunction - Private life - Freedom of expression - Articles 8 & 10 ECHR - Defamatory allegations on banners and leaflets - Covert surveillance

[2006] EWHC 41 (QB); The Times, 8 February 2006 - Queen's Bench Division

Judge Eady J