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McPhilemy v Times Newspapers Ltd (No.4)

Defamation - Libel - Costs - Claimant's Offer to Settle - CPR Part 36.21 - Consequences of Claimant doing better than offer made - Indemnity Costs

[2001] EWCA Civ 933; [2002] 1 WLR 934; [2001] 4 All ER 861; [2001] EMLR 858 - Court of Appeal

Judge Simon-Brown, Chadwick & Longmore LJJ

McPhilemy v Times Newspapers Ltd (No.3)

Defamation - Libel - Jury Trial - Appeal against alleged perversity in jury verdict - Question left to the jury specifically on Appellants' insistence - Abuse of Process

[2001] EWCA Civ 871; [2001] EMLR 832 - Court of Appeal

Judge Simon-Brown, Chadwick & Longmore LJJ

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

[2001] EWCA Civ 791; [2001] EMLR 800 - Court of Appeal

Judge Latham LJ & Sir Philip Otton

Clibbery v Allan

Court proceedings - confidentiality - chambers applications - Family Division - Applicant disclosing to press other party's evidence given at hearing in chambers - Whether family proceedings to be held in chambers - Whether proceedings in chambers confidential - Whether disclosure without Court's permission a contempt

[2002] EWCA Civ 45; [2002] Fam 261; [2002] 2 WLR 1511; [2002] 1 All ER 865; [2002] 1 FLR 565 - Court of Appeal

Judge Butler-Sloss P, Thorpe & Keene LJJ