Times withdraws Flood appeal
The Times has withdrawn its appeal to the Supreme Court in regard to what has become known as the second limb of its appeal in Flood v Times Newspapers Limited. The second limb concerned Tugendhat J.’s… Read More »
Flood: Supreme Court overturns Court of Appeal
The Supreme Court has overturned part of the decision of the Court of Appeal which found that a report published by The Times about an investigation into a Detective Sergeant Flood was not protected by Reynolds privilege. The original… Read More »
Mail on Sunday apologises to MP
The Mail on Sunday has accepted that an allegation that the Conservative MP Dominic Raab behaved as a sexist bully is unfounded. The article complained of was published on 30 January 2011 as Payout for… Read More »
Government Response on the Draft Defamation Bill
On 29 February the Government published its Response to the Report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Defamation Bill. The Government accepts the substance of the majority of the Joint Committee’s recommendations in whole or… Read More »
Telegraph refused permission to appeal in Thornton case
The Court of Appeal have refused permission to appeal to The Daily Telegraph against the decision of Mr Justice Tugendhat in the case of Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd. In a judgment handed down… Read More »
Nancy no gold-digger says Judge, dismissing Dell’Olio claim
A libel claim by Nancy Dell’Olio against the Daily Mail was dismissed in a judgment handed down by Tugendhat J on 20 December 2011, after a hearing on meaning. The judgment gives further guidance on the… Read More »
Summary judgment for ex-MP
Nigel Waterson, who was shadow Minister for Pensions in the last Parliament has obtained summary judgment in his defamation action based on the leaflets distributed by his successor at the 2010 General Election. During the… Read More »
Liability for hyperlinks
The Supreme Court of Canada has decided that mere hyperlinking to defamatory matter is an insufficient basis on which to impose liability for defamation, even if the publisher of the hyperlinks is aware of the… Read More »
Sunday Times settles Baturina libel claim
A Statement In Open Court read today before Mr Justice Eady brought to an end the long-running libel claim brought by Russian businesswoman Elena Baturina against Times Newspapers Ltd. The Sunday Times claimed in articles… Read More »
Supreme Court hears Times’ Flood Appeal
The Supreme Court is hearing The Times’ appeal in Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd on the 17 and 18 October 2011. Last July the Court of Appeal overturned the finding made by Mr Justice Tugendhat… Read More »
Report on Draft Defamation Bill
The Joint Select Committee on the Draft Defamation Bill has announced that it will publish its report on Wednesday 19 October 2011. The Joint Committee is a committee of both Houses of Parliament appointed to… Read More »
Saudi businessman awarded £175,000 libel damages
In a reserved judgment, HHJ Parkes QC sitting in the High Court has awarded Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi £175,000 damages for libel against Mr Elias Kifle, the publisher and editor in chief of an online… Read More »
Thornton wins historic libel and malicious falsehood trial
In a reserved judgment handed down today, Mr Justice Tugendhat has awarded author Sarah Thornton a total of £65,000 damages for libel and malicious falsehood against the publishers of the Daily Telegraph. This is believed… Read More »