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WFZ v British Broadcasting Corporation
Stoute v News Group Newspapers Limited
Misuse of private information – interim injunction – return dates
Sir James Dyson & Ors v Channel Four Television Corporation & Anor
Libel – reference – corporate claimants – defamatory meaning
(1) Dr Fatima Jabbar (2) DRJ55 Limited v AVIVA Insurance UK and others (No 1)
Libel – summary judgment – absolute privilege – experts – CPR Part 35
Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney
Libel – disclosure – journalistic sources – section 10 Contempt of Court Act 1981 – Article 10 ECHR – waiver – witness summonses
(1) Dr Fatima Jabbar (2) DRJ55 Limited v AVIVA Insurance UK and others (No 2)
Libel; absolute privilege; jurisdiction to hand down of judgment after parties conclude settlement.
Attorney General v BBC
Open justice – whether hearing in public or private pursuant to CPR 39.2 – national security
Wright v McCormack
Defamation – libel – amendment – serious harm – Dingle – Burstein
Wright v Granath (CA)
Defamation – Jurisdiction – Lis Pendens – Lugano Convention – Negative Declaratory Relief
Gerrard & Anor v (1) ENRC Ltd (2) Diligence International LLC
Covert surveillance – harassment – strike out - legal professional privilege
Depp v News Group Newspapers
libel – Defence under s.2 of the Defamation Act 2013
A & B v X & Y and Times Newspapers Ltd
Anonymity - employment - Employment Appeal Tribunal - sexual offences
XW v XH (Court of Appeal)
Court of Appeal – Financial remedies – Reporting Restrictions – Anonymity
RJ v Tigipko 2
Reporting Restrictions – Contempt of Court Act 1981 – Anonymity
Richard Burgon MP v News Group Newspapers Limited and Thomas Newton Dunn
Libel - Malicious Falsehood - Data Protection
RJ v Tigipko
Family proceedings – Reporting Restrictions – Administration of Justice Act 1960 - Children Act 1989 - Anonymity
Carruthers v Associated Newspapers Limited, Carruthers v News Group Newspapers Limited
Defamation – Meaning – Honest Opinion – Summary Judgment
In the Matter of G (A Child) (transparency)
Family Proceedings - access to documents from court file by non party - Article 8
R v R & Anor
Reporting Restrictions – Court of Appeal – Anonymity Orders – Section 97 Children Act 1989 – Open Justice
Khuja (formerly known as PNM) v Times Newspapers Ltd
Open Justice – Privacy – Contempt of Court Act 1981 – Criminal Proceedings – Injunctions – Reporting Restrictions – anonymity – postponement of reporting
R v Jemma Beale
Sexual Offences Amendment Act 1992 - anonymity - Contempt of Court Act 1981 - postponement of reporting
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.
Norman v Norman
Court of Appeal - anonymity orders – financial remedy proceedings
ERY v Associated Newspapers Limited
(1) Khaled Undre (2) Down to Earth (London) Ltd v London Borough of Harrow (No.2)
Defamation - Offer of Amends - Serious Harm - Burstein Mitigation - Damages
(1) Pippa Middleton (2) James Matthews v Persons Unknown
Injunction - persons unknown - misuse of private information - data protection - breach of confidence - copyright
Richardson v (1) Trinity Mirror (Merseyside) Ltd (2) Neil Docking
Libel – report of court proceedings - qualified privilege – rehabilitation of offenders – privacy – negligence - harassment
Simpson v Mirror Group Newspapers Limited (CA)
Libel - meaning - justification
(1) Khalid Undre, (2) Down to Earth London Ltd v London Borough of Harrow
Libel - Trial of Preliminary Issues - Reference - Meaning - Serious Harm - Serious Financial Loss - Companies
V v Associated Newspapers Ltd and Others
Reporting restriction orders– Court of Protection – Mental Capacity Act 2005 – Article 8
Hiranandani-Vandrevala v Times Newspapers Limited
Defamation, Meaning, Repetition Rule, Levels of Meaning, Preliminary Issue
Her Majesty’s Attorney General v The Conde Nast Publications Ltd
Contempt
HRH Prince Al-Waleed v Forbes
Libel – trial of preliminary issues – meaning – serious harm (common law threshold)
PNM v Times Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Privacy – identification – criminal proceedings – reporting restrictions - open justice - article 8 - article 10
(1) Contostavlos (2) Simpson v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Defamation- meaning- preliminary ruling
Briggs v Jordan
Libel – meaning – natural and ordinary meaning – innuendo meaning – breach of confidence – misuse of private information – strike out – Jameel abuse
PNM v Times Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - identification - criminal proceedings - reporting restrictions - open justice - article 8 - article 10
Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd (Costs) (CA)
Summary costs – defamation – costs budgeting – Defamation Proceedings Costs Management Scheme – Practice Direction PD51D – ‘good reason’
Bristol City Council v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Care Proceedings – Publication of Facts and Reasons from Family Proceedings Court – Injunction – Article 10 – Article 8
Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd (costs)
Summary costs – defamation – costs budgeting – Defamation Proceedings Costs Management Scheme – Practice Direction PD51D – ‘good reason’
R (On the application of Guardian News and Media) v (1) City of Westminster Magistrates Court (2) Government of the United States
Extradition - Application by Media for Access to Documents referred to in Open Court - Criminal Procedure Rules - Inherent Jurisdiction
A Local Authority v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Contra mundum order – report of arrest – vulnerable persons - Article 8 - Article 10
Morgan v A Local Authority (Re X, Y and Z)
Family Proceedings – Publicity – Identification of experts – Disclosure of expert reports to media
Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 3)
Defamation - aggravated damages - malice - disclosure - case management
Bowker v RSPB
Defamation – Libel - Defamatory meaning - Mode of trial – Summary judgment - Qualified privilege – Malice – Scientific issues
Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
Libel – Non-party disclosure – CPR 31.17 - Public interest as a ground for resisting disclosure
Re Baby RB (Press Injunction)
Family proceedings - Reporting restrictions - Article 8 - Article 10
Re MGN Ltd
Reporting restrictions - Criminal proceedings - Blanket ban on reporting trial - Contempt of Court Act 1981, s.4(2) - Effect of contemporaneous reporting on witnesses at trial
Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Libel – Non-party disclosure – CPR 31.17
R (On the application of Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court
Extradition proceedings – Criminal proceedings - Disclosure to media of documents referred to in open court – Case stated – Judicial review
Daniels v BBC
Defamation - Meaning - Summary judgment - Malice - Civil restraint order
Lykiardopulo v Lykiardopulo
Ancillary relief - Compulsory disclosure - Litigation misconduct - Publicity of judgment - Anonymisation
Ernst & Young v Coomber
Defamation - Summary disposal - Damages - Civil Restraint Order
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v BBC
Injunctions - Private and confidential information - Threat to publish - CPR PD 25 - Human Rights Act 1998, s 12
Re Child X (Residence and Contact – Rights of media attendance – FPR Rule 10.28(4))
Family proceedings - Reporting Restrictions - Family Procedure Rules 1991 - The Family Proceedings (Amendment No 2) Rules 2009 - Children - Rights of Media Attendance - Rule 10.28(4)
Re Stedman & Patten (& Others)
Reporting restrictions - Family - Children - Injunctions - Article 10 - Freedom of expression - Article 8 - Respect for privacy and family life - Public domain - 'Canute' principle - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Peacock v MGN Ltd
Defamation – Libel – Costs capping order – Conditional fee agreement – After the event insurance – New costs capping rules - Whether a costs cap should be ordered
Medway Council v G and Others
Care proceedings – s.12, Administration of Justice Act 1960 – Publication of judgments - Identification of local authority - Articles 8 and 10, European Convention on Human Rights
W v JH & A County Council Limited
Libel – Summary judgment – Qualified privilege – ‘Off the peg’ privilege – Lapse of time - Data Protection Act 1998 - Criminal Justice Act 2003
Ivereigh v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Witness anonymity - inherent jurisdiction - CPR 39.2(4) - interests of witness and her children - private and family life - open justice - balancing - intense focus - order granted
Malik v Newspost Ltd & Ors
Defamation - Libel - Defences - Reynolds privilege- Public interest - Responsible journalism - Letter to editor - Whether letter writer could rely on Reynolds privilege
T (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) v BBC
Injunction – Privacy - Vulnerable adult – Inability to consent – Right to private life - Right to freedom of expression - Articles 8, 10 ECHR
Norfolk County Council v Webster & Others
Reporting restrictions - care proceedings - s. 97(2) Children Act 1989 - Rule 16(7) Family Proceedings Rules 1991 - open justice - Arts 6, 8, 10 - s. 12 of the Administration of Justice Act 1960
Hughes v Carratu International plc
Data Protection Act 1998 - Confidence/Privacy - CPR 31.16 - Norwich Pharmacal - Personal financial information - Legal professional privilege
Clayton v Clayton
Reporting Restrictions - Family Division - Section 97 Children Act 1989 - Section 1 Children Act 1989 - Prohibited Steps Order
Merelie v Newcastle Primary Health Care Trust & Others (No.3)
Libel - meaning - malice - justification -Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Breach of Contract - Personal Injury
Birmingham City Council v H
Care proceedings - children's welfare - publication of judgments - disclosure of medical reports into the public domain
BBC v Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, X and Y
Privacy - Anonymity - Social workers - Family proceedings - Injunction to restrain identification - Article 8, ECHR - Freedom of expression - Article 10, ECHR
A (A Local Authority) v PD & Another
Privacy – Criminal Trial - Injunction to restrain identification of defendant and victim - Children - Non-parties - Privacy - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10
Turcu v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
Libel - Justification - Video evidence - Privilege against self-incrimination - CFAs
Turcu v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - abuse of process - lack of evidence from Claimant - CFA agreements - inference of desire for vindication - summary judgment - mode of trial
Merelie v Newcastle Primary Health Care Trust & Others
Defamation - Summary Judgment - Strike Out - Pleading Requirements in Slander cases - Republication - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Malicious Falsehood - Human Rights Act 1998 - CPR Part 24 - CPR Part 3.4(2)
Cox v Jones
Public inspection of court documents - CPR 32.13- Media application- Witness statements
Re B (A Child) (Disclosure)
Family Proceedings - Publicity - s.12 Administration of Justice Act 1960 - s.97 Children Act 1989 - Rule 4.23 Family Proceedings Rules 1991
Campbell v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - quantum - justification - whether judge had misdirected jury - effect of attempt by claimant to pervert the course of justice - appeal allowed and damages reduced from £350,000 to £30,000
Venables & Thompson v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Confidential information - Disclosure - Injunction - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Safeway v Tate
Defamation - Libel - CPR Part 24 - Summary Judgment - Right to Jury Trial - s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981