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WFZ v British Broadcasting Corporation
Chishti v Spottiswoode & Ors
Defamation – preliminary issue – single meaning –- context – hyperlink – Chase levels
Amersi v Leslie and another
Libel - Serious harm under s.1 Defamation Act 2013
Tinkler v Ferguson & others
Malicious Falsehood – Abuse of Process – Section 3 Defamation Act 1952
Tinkler v Ferguson & Ors
Malicious Falsehood – Strike Out – Abuse of Process – Damage – Jameel abuse
Nugent v Willers
Defamation - Limitation - Discretionary exclusion of time limit for actions for defamation or malicious falsehood - s.30A of the Limitation Act 1984 (Isle of Man) - s.32A Limitation Act 1980 (England & Wales)
LJY v Persons Unknown
Privacy - libel - harassment - injunction - blackmail
Brown v Bower & Another
Defamation
Nick Brown v (1) Tom Bower & (2) Faber & Faber Limited
Defamation - libel - serious harm - trial of preliminary issue
Mohamed Ali Harrath v (1) Stand for Peace Limited & (2) Samuel Westrop
Libel - Defamation - Damages
C (A Child)
The publication of a judgment in care proceedings relating to Child C should not be delayed in order to protect any potential appeal by C's father against his conviction for the murder of C's elder sibling.
Mohamed Ali Harrath v (1) Stand for Peace Ltd (2) Samuel Westrop
Libel - Defamation Act 2013 - serious harm - mitigation of damage - pleading
Niall Horan v Express Newspapers
libel - meaning - capability - CPR Part 53 PD 4.1(1)
Weston v Bates & Leeds United Football Club
Libel – delay – abuse of process – appeal – striking out – civil procedure
Appleton v Gallagher
Prohibitions on reporting the financial remedy proceedings between Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton were continued by the High Court until the Family Court judgment, at which time the issue could be revisited.
Rhodes (previously “MLA”) v OPO
Elements of the tort of Wilkinson v Downton - interim injunction - article 10 - freedom of expression - whether Wilkinson v Downton should operate to prohibit a writer from telling a true autobiographical account of his upbringing which risks causing psychological harm to his son
YXB v TNO
Footballer refused injunction over alleged blackmail plot
Levi v Bates (CA)
Protection from Harassment Act 1997 – targeting – speech torts – intention
Ames & anor v The Spamhaus Project Ltd & anor
Libel - serious harm - Jameel abuse - US publication - foreign claimants - real and substantial tort
Donovan v Gibbons
Ruling on meaning and comment
OPO (a child by BHM his litigation friend) v MLA
Injunction application - misuse of private information - negligence - Wilkinson v Downton - psychiatric harm - jurisdiction
Hannon v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Striking out - cause of action - defamation - privacy
Johnston v League Publications Ltd
Defamation- Preliminary Ruling- Meaning- Innuendo
Fox v Boulter (disclosure)
Libel - specific disclosure - non-party disclosure - CPR 31.12 - CPR 31.17
Subotic v Knezevic
Defamation - Jurisdiction - Jameel abuse
McCann v Bennett
Contempt - committal - undertakings - penalty
Ambrosiadou v Coward
Privacy - final injunctions - third parties - Spycatcher
Levi v Bates
Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act - privacy - personal injury - level of damages
Mark Lewis v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
Libel - Mode of Trial - judge or jury - public authority - phone hacking
Contostavlos v Mendahun
Interim Injunction - Privacy - Video footage - Internet
Weston v Bates
Libel - service of claim form - service abroad - service of original or copy
Giggs (previously known as CTB) v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - misuse of private information - CPR 3.9 - strike out - relief from sanction - procedure
Spelman v Express Newspapers (No. 2)
Injunction - Privacy - Public Interest - Bonnard v Perryman - Minors - Article 8 - Article 10
Spelman v Express Newspapers (No.1)
Injunction - Privacy - Public Interest - Bonnard v Perryman - Anonymity of Parties - Minors - Article 8 - Article 10 - Preservation of Anonymity pending appeal
Hutcheson v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Injunction - Public interest - s 12(3) Human Rights Act
Ambrosiadou v Coward (CA)
Privacy – interim injunction – document created for foreign matrimonial proceedings supplied by Defendant to media in this jurisdiction – whether judge should have granted injunction despite assurance given by Counsel on Defendant’s behalf – relevance of ‘Spycatcher’ doctrine
Lewis v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
Defamation - Libel - Mode of trial - Senior Courts Act s.69 - Meaning - Amendment - Qualified privilege - Malice - Abuse
ABC Ltd v Y
Court file - 'Sealing' file - Form of order sealing file - Access to documents - Non-party - CPR 5.4C - Use in other litigation - Threshold requirements
KGM v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - injunction - public interest - threat to publish
Martin v Channel Four Television Corporation & Others
Interim injunctions - Privacy - Contract - Human Rights Act 1998, s.12 - CPR 25.2(2)(b)
Dee v Telegraph Media Group Ltd
Libel - Meaning - CPR Part 18
Levi v Bates
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Qualified privilege - Justification - Fair Comment - Damages
Noorani v Calver (No 2 Costs)
Defamation - Libel - Discontinuance - Indemnity costs - Payment on account - Conditional fee agreements
Noorani v Calver (No 1)
Defamation - Slander - Vulgar abuse - Actionability per se - Abuse of process - Real and substantial tort
Walker v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Costs)
Privy Council - Professional Discipline - Appeal on Penalty - Penalty Reduced - Costs
Blackwell v Bates & Ors
Libel - Defences - Qualified privilege - Reply to attack - Fair Comment - Meaning - Malice
Walker v Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Privy Council - Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons - Professional discipline - Appeal on penalty - Inadequate reasons - Distinction between removal and suspension - Effect of power to reinstate - Mitigation - Necessity of sanction
Ghannouchi v Al Arabiya News Channel FZ-LLC
Libel - Assessment of damages - Judge alone - Aggravation of damages
Horseracing Regulatory Authority v Byrne & Others
Professional discipline - Sport - Horseracing - Corruption - Inside information
Horseracing Regulatory Authority v Fitzpatrick & Others
Professional discipline - Sport - Horseracing - Corruption
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
High Tech International AG & Others v Deripaska
Defamation - Jurisdiction - Judgments Regulations - Domicile
Jameel & Another v Wall Street Journal Europe (No.2) (HL)
Defamation - Libel – Reynolds qualified privilege - Presumption of damage - Corporate claimants
Fallon v Horseracing Regulatory Authority
Sports law - Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court over domestic tribunals - Evidence - Proportionality
Henry v BBC (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Qualified privilege - s.15 Defamation Act 1996 - Reynolds privilege - Reply to attack
Henry v BBC
Defamation - Libel - Cost-capping orders - Conditional Fee Agreements - After-the-event insurance policies - CPR Rule 3.1 - CPR Part 26 Practice Direction
Covance Laboratories Inc v PETA Europe Ltd
Breach of confidence - Interim injunction - s.12 HRA - Public interest - Public domain
Campbell-James v Guardian Media Group plc
Defamation - Libel - Offer of Amends - Assessment of Compensation under <A
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target=_blank>s.3(5) Defamation Act 1996
Jockey Club v Matthew Batchelor
Sports Law - Disciplinary Tribunal - Breach of the Orders and Rules of Racing - Rule 220(viii) - Deliberately misleading Jockey Club investigating officers - Financial penalty
Powell v Boladz & others
Defamation - Libel - Delay - Striking out - Abuse of process - Human Rights - Articles 6, 8 & 10 European Convention on Human Rights
Maris & Others v Walsh
Defamation - Libel - breach of confidence - threat to publish -interim injunction.
Tolkien v Birmingham Sunday Mercury
Press Complaints Commission - Code of Conduct - Privacy - Intrusion into grief - Rights of the dead - Rights of the bereaved
A & others v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others
Reporting Restrictions - Family - Children - Applications by Media to vary/discharge order - Costs
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
MacIntyre v Phillips
Defamation - Libel - qualified privilege - similar fact evidence - preliminary issue - rule of practice that qualified privilege be tried first
Wallis v Valentine
Defamation - Libel - Summary Judgment - Evidence of Publication - No prospect of Success - CPR Part 24 - Abuse of Process
Kinch v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - meaning - justification - allegation of infamy - bad reputation
Sony Computer Entertainment v Owen
Intellectual property - Copyright - Infringement - Injunction - Additional Statutory Damages - s.97(2) Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988 - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24
Service Corp International plc & Anor v Channel Four Television Corp & Anor
Undercover filming - employee - trespass - copyright - equitable ownership - breach of confidence - interim injunction - freedom of expression - balance of convenience - delay - discretion
Service Corporation International plc & Anor v Channel Four Television & Anor
Copyright - Confidential information - Trespass - Funeral directors - Undercover filming for broadcast - Employee of plaintiffs - Interim injunction - Serious issue to be tried - Balance of convenience