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Blake v Fox [2025] EWCA Civ 1321
Defamation – s.1 Defamation Act 2013 – serious harm to reputation – causation - damages
The Court of Appeal allowed Mr Fox’s appeal in part against the decisions of Collins Rice J on liability and damages ([2024] EWHC 146 (KB); [2024] EWHC 956 (KB)). So far as concerned Mr Fox’s counterclaims, the Court held that the judge had made material errors of law in her approach to causation of serious harm and was wrong to find that Mr Fox had not suffered serious harm to his reputation and remitted those claims for retrial in the High Court on the defences that had not been tried. In relation to Mr Blake’s and Mr Seymour’s claims, the Court dismissed the appeal on serious harm but reduced the damages awarded to the claimants from £90,000 to £45,000 each.
Vince v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Libel – strike out – meaning – the rule in Charleston
Blake and ors v Fox
Libel – serious harm – social media – causation – qualified privilege
Blake, Seymour & Thorp v Fox
Trials of Preliminary Issue - Meaning - Honest Opinion - Default Judgment - Relief From Sanctions - Trial by Jury - Shadow Pleadings
Soriano v Silverstein
Libel – section 9 Defamation Act 2013 – jurisdiction – service out – forum conveniens – service gateways – centre of interests
Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Misuse of private information-breach of copyright-summary judgment and/or strike out of defence
Serafin v Malkiewicz & Others
Libel - unfair judicial treatment - order for retrial - s 4 Defamation Act 2013 - defence of publication on matter of public interest
Triplark Limited v Northwood Hall (Freehold) Ltd & others
Defamation - Trial of Preliminary Issues - Corporate Claimant - Meaning - Defamatory Meaning at Common Law - Honest Opinion
Serafin v Malkiewicz
Libel – public interest – truth – damages – unfair judicial treatment
HRH Prince Louis of Luxembourg v HRH Princess Tessy of Luxembourg & anor
Reporting Restrictions – Family Division – Administration of Justice – Article 10 – Article 8
Sarah Lynette Webb v Lewis Silkin LLP
Misuse of private information – Statements in Open Court – Freedom of Expression – Privacy
Jose Antonio Serrano Garcia v Associated Newspapers Limited
Libel- Defamation- Trial- Justification- Honest comment- Damages- Aggravated damages
AAA v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Privacy - injunction - expectation of privacy - public interest - best interest of child
Trimingham v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Misuse of private information – Harassment – Breach of statutory duty pursuant to s.85 of the Copyright Designs and Patent Act 1988 – Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Claim for damages and injunction – Article 8 - Article 10 - Freedom of Expression
Phillips v (1) News Group Newspapers Ltd (2) Glenn Mulcaire; Coogan v (1) News Group Newspapers Ltd (2) Glenn Mulcaire
Protection from self incrimination - s. 72 Senior Courts Act 1981 - meaning of ‘intellectual property’ - compatibility of s. 72 Senior Courts Act 1981 with Art 6 ECHR
Goldsmith & Anor v BCD; Khan v BCD
Privacy - Injunction – Anonymity order – 'Super-injunction' – Article 8 ECHR - Failure to serve proceedings on defendant – Breach of undertaking - Final order
Bowman v MGN Ltd
Libel - Offer to make amends - Defamation Act 1996, ss.2 - 4 - Compensation - Costs - Rejection of settlement offers
Crossley & Crossley v Newsquest (Midlands South) Limited
Libel – Privacy - Summary judgment – Absolute privilege – Qualified privilege – Fair comment – Malice – Abuse of process - Newspaper article reporting neighbours’ dispute
P & Others v Quigley
Misuse of private information - False information - Article 8 - Article 10 - Injunctive relief - Breach of contract
Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Qualified privilege - Repetition rule - Single-meaning rule - Preliminary issue
Jeynes v News Magazines Limited & Anor
Libel – Defamatory meaning - Whether words complained of capable of bearing pleaded meaning
McBride v Body Shop International plc
Libel - Summary judgment - Abuse of process - Use of documents obtained in the course of disclosure
Turkot & Global GOLD Holding v Oxus Gold & Trew
Libel - Trial of preliminary issues - Whether suitable for trial by judge alone - s.69(4) Supreme Court Act - Whether appropriate to order in the claim
Veliu v Mazrekaj
Defamation - Offer of Amends - Amount of compensation payable - limited publication
R (Mullins) v Appeal Board of the Jockey Club
Judicial review - horseracing - prohibited substance - morphine - disqualification from race - prelminary issues - whether rules required proof of concentration and potential effect on horse - domestic bodies answering no - claim for judicial review - amenability - precedent
Crossland v Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Slander - Malicious Falsehood - Malice - Qualified Privilege - Harassment - Summary Judgment - Part 24
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.
Aitken v Preston and Others
Defamation - Libel - Mode of Trial - Trial by Judge alone - Prolonged Examination of Documents - s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981