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Vince v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Libel – strike out – meaning – the rule in Charleston
Harcombe v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - preliminary issues - trial of public interest defence under s.4 Defamation Act 2013 - Curistan - reporting privilege under s.15 Defamation Act 1996 - privilege for publication of a summary of a peer-reviewed scientific article under s.6(5) Defamation Act 2013 - meaning - fact or opinion - honest opinion - not believing an opinion under s.3(5) Defamation Act 2013
George v Cannell
Malicious falsehood - proper interpretation of s.3, Defamation Act 1952 - whether s.3 requires a claimant to prove actual pecuniary damage or only its likelihood at the time of publication - whether damages for injury to feelings are recoverable if pecuniary damage sustained is only nominal
Stoute v News Group Newspapers Limited
Misuse of private information – interim injunction – return dates
George v Cannell (CA)
Malicious falsehood - proper interpretation of s.3, Defamation Act 1952 - whether s.3 requires a claimant to prove actual pecuniary damage or only its likelihood at the time of publication - whether damages for injury to feelings are recoverable if pecuniary damage sustained is only nominal
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd
Libel - publication on matter of public interest - s.4, Defamation Act 2013 - damages
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd
Defamation – serious harm to reputation under s.1, Defamation Act 2013 – construction – accrual of cause of action – role of meaning of words – role of inference in determination of issue of serious harm – applicability of repetition rule and rule in Dingle v Associated Newspapers to determination of issue of serious harm
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd (Serious harm)
On appeal from the decision of Warby J [2016] QB 402; [2015] EWHC 2242 (QB): what was the proper approach to determining whether a statement satisfied the 'serious harm' test in section 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013?
Libel - Serious Harm - Rule in Dingle - Presumption of Harm - Limitation - Defamation Act 2013
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd (Privilege)
On appeal from a decision of Sir Michael Tugendhat [2015] EWHC 3677 (QB): whether the judge erred in granting the Claimant an injunction in respect of material said to be both confidential and covered by Legal Professional Privilege.
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.
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd, Evening Standard Ltd, AOL (UK) Ltd
Libel – Serious Harm – Section 1, Defamation Act 2013 – the rule in Dingle – evidence – reference – meaning – Jameel abuse – preliminary issues
Lachaux v AOL UK
Libel – Defamation Act 2013 – serious harm – trial of preliminary issue – meaning – evidence – costs budgeting – proportionality
Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd
Libel – Trial of a Preliminary Issue on Meaning – Repetition Rule – pleadings – meanings – truth – Lucas-Box meanings – Polly-Peck
QRS v Beach (No. 3)
Harassment - injunction - default judgment - setting aside default judgment
QRS v Beach
Harassment – Interim Injunction – online publication – service – Civil Procedure Rules
QRS v Beach (No. 2)
Harassment - injunction - default judgment - permanent injunction - anonymity - representative proceedings
Johnston v League Publications Ltd
Defamation- Preliminary Ruling- Meaning- Innuendo
Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc v Aviation News Ltd
Libel – defamatory meaning – malicious falsehood – meaning in malicious falsehood - statements of opinion – Jameel abuse
Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Co v Al Refai
Defamation - Conspiracy - Joint Tortfeasorship - Summary judgment - Defamatory website - Liability for publication where defendant did not know precise words to be published
Tamiz v Google Inc
Defamation - liability of ISPs - Publisher - Defamation Act 1996 - Google Inc
Cammish v Hughes (CA)
Libel – meaning – fact or comment – honest comment and single meaning rule - Jameel abuse – costs as a condition of dismissal
Cammish v Hughes
Libel - meaning - strike out - Jameel - Thornton
Gold v Cox (No.2)
Confidentiality - misuse of private information - interim injunction - adjourned hearing - form of proviso to injunction - burden of proof
Gold v Cox (No.1)
Confidentiality - misuse of private information - interim injunction - procedure
Zinda v ARK Academies
Defamation - limitation - discretion to disappy limitation - qualified privilege - malice
STU v UVW
Misuse of private information - interim injunction - anonymity - open justice
Hirschfeld v McGrath
Misuse of private information - Confidentiality - Marital confidences - Injunction - Consent order - Undertakings - Anonymity - Reporting proceedings
Lonzim Plc & others v Sprague
Defamation - Slander - Libel - Publication - Extent of publication - Internet publication - Abuse of process - Striking out - Summary judgment - Foreign publisher - Aggravated damages - Striking out - No real damage - Vindication - Injunction - Proportionality
Clarke t/a Elumina Iberica UK v Bain & Prolink Holdings Corp
Defamation - Libel - Jurisdiction - Foreign publication - Aggravated damages - Striking out - Case management - Proportionality
Murray v Big Pictures (UK) Ltd (CA)
Misuse of private information - Data protection - Human
rights - Photographs - Reasonable expectation of privacy - Child
Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No 3)
Libel - Stay - Striking out - Open offer to settle - Abuse of process - Proportionality - Damages - Vindication - Statement in open court - Costs
Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No. 2)
Libel - Amendment - Adding parties - Disapplication of limitation period - Corporate libel claims - Discretion
Murray v Express Newspapers plc & Another
Privacy - Confidentiality - Data Protection - Human Rights - Photographs - Paparazzi - Reasonable Expectation of Privacy -Public Place - Child
Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Defamation – Limitation – Substitution of parties – Addition of parties - Mistake - s.35 Limitation Act 1980 – CPR 17.4 and 19.5(3)
Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation – Limitation – Substitution of parties – Addition of parties - Mistake - s.35 Limitation Act 1980 – Civil Procedure Rules 1998
Re Ward; BBC v CAFCASS Legal & Ors
Reporting restrictions - Care proceedings - s. 12 Adminstration of Justice Act 1960 - Disclosure - Anonymised judgments - Contra mundum order to protect medical expert witnesses, treating doctors, social workers and other witnesses in care proceedings - Interim orders - Practice and procedure - s. 12 Human Rights Act 1998 -Duration of order - Requirement of notice
Musa King v Telegraph Group Ltd (CA)
Defamation- Libel - Justification - Conditional fee agreements - Proportionality - Costs capping
Carr v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Others
Injunctive Relief - Confidence - Threats to Kill - ECHR - Article 2 - Article 3 - Article 8 - Article 10 - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Covance Laboratories v J
Breach of confidence - public domain - corporate documents - whether internet publication defeated claim in confidence - injunctions
Jockey Club v Buffham
Confidential information - breach of confidence - final injunction against defendant - third party applying to use documents confidential to the claimant obtained from defendant - whether use of such documents by third party a contempt of court
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.
Mills v MGN Ltd
Defamation - Libel - ruling on meaning - striking out - CPR Part 3.4(2) - exemplary damages
Mark v Associated Newspapers Limited
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Repetition rule - Bane and antidote - Whether repetition rule consistent with ECHR Article 10 jurisprudence - Interface between defences of justification and Reynolds privilege
Cook & Carlton Communications Ltd v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Justification - Amendment - Principles governing late application to amend to add extensive particulars of justification - Overriding Objective.
Gaddafi v Telegraph Group Ltd (No.3)
Defamation - Libel - pre-trial review - application by defendant to strike out claim as an abuse of the process on grounds that the Libyan claimant did not have sufficient standing or reputation in England to warrant his libel action going before a jury - application by defendant to strike out plea of foreign publication on grounds that reliance on common law presumption that foreign law the same as English law incompatible with Article 10 ECHR
Cook & Carlton Communications plc v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Justification - Justifying allegations sharing a common sting - Lucas-Box - Case management
Medway Council v BBC
Family - Reporting Restrictions - Injunction - Children
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
Carden v The Jockey Club
Sports law - appeal from tribunal - duty of care - negligence - Occupiers Liability Act 1957 - duty of care owed by sport regulatory body to participant - Jockey Club
Gaddafi v Telegraph Group Ltd
Defamation - libel - newspaper publication - qualified privilege - Reynolds - journalist's sources - whether non-disclosure of sources precludes reliance on privilege
Nicholls v BBC
Interlocutory injunction preventing broadcast of programme - breach of confidence - injunction granted ex parte, then discharged - appeal by plaintiff
Re G (Celebrities: Publicity)
Family proceedings - press restrictions - celebrities - prohibition on taking or publishing photographs of children - prohibition on parents communicating with news media about each other or about children - prohibition on publishing order or summary of order - application by newspaper to discharge or vary court's order to permit publication of summary of court's decision