Chambers UK Bar Awards 2020
5RB has been shortlisted for Defamation Set of the Year for the 2020 Chambers UK Bar Awards. In addition, both Adrienne Page QC and William Bennett QC have been shortlisted for Defamation Silk of the… Read More »
How to get a libel injunction
5RB’s Adam Speker QC has posted an article which you can read here: “How to get a libel injunction“.
Defamation, Privacy and Reputation Management
Jane Phillips is Chairing the Defamation, Privacy and Reputation Management 2020 conference on 9 September 2020. The conference examines the full range of current legal issues in media and information law. Jonathan Scherbel-Ball is hosting… Read More »
Melania Trump apology not defamatory of author
The High Court has handed down judgment today following a preliminary issue trial of meaning in Burleigh v Telegraph Media Group Limited [2020] EWHC 2359 (QB). The Claimant, a journalist at Newsweek, had brought a… Read More »
Lord Sheikh receives apology in open court from Associated Newspapers
Associated Newspapers Ltd has apologised to Lord Sheikh in a Statement in Open Court read before Mr Justice Warby on 30 July 2020. Lord Sheikh had brought libel proceedings in respect of a 15 August… Read More »
Statements in Open Court for Labour Party whistleblowers and John Ware
Seven former Labour Party employees and Mr John Ware have reached agreement with the Labour Party prior to the issue of libel claims against the Labour Party. The prospective actions have concluded with the payment… Read More »
Court determines meaning of defamatory statements in libel case against Jeremy Corbyn
This morning Mr Justice Saini handed down judgment in a hearing sought by the Defendant, The Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP, as to the meaning of statements he made on the BBC’s Andrew Marr programme… Read More »
Trial of Johnny Depp’s libel action against The Sun begins
The High Court trial of actor Johnny Depp’s libel claim against the publishers of The Sun, News Group Newspapers, and the newspaper’s Executive Editor, Dan Wootton, starts today. The trial is being held before Nicol… Read More »
Supreme Court dismisses appeal in Serafin
The Supreme Court handed down judgment this morning (3 June 2020) in the Defendants’ appeal against the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Serafin v Malkiewicz and others. The Supreme Court upheld the ruling… Read More »
Apology given to the The Register by Aria Taheri, founder and CEO of Aria Technology Ltd
Mr Taheri and his companies, Aria Technology Ltd (which trades as “Aria PC”) and Velo Systems Ltd (operator of the Aria PC website at www.aria.co.uk), have today apologised for the defamatory statements and cartoons that… Read More »
Court determines meaning in Rachel Riley v Laura Murray libel case
This morning Nicklin J handed down judgment in a hearing sought by the Defendant, Laura Murray, as to the meaning of a tweet sued on in libel by the television presenter Rachel Riley. The tweet… Read More »
Pre-trial review today in Johnny Depp libel action against The Sun
A pre-trial review takes place today before Mr Justice Nicol in the High Court in a libel action brought by Hollywood actor Johnny Depp against News Group Newspapers, publishers of The Sun. Mr Depp is… Read More »
Court refuses strike out in Enterprise Insurance libel case
The Supreme Court of Gibraltar has refused five applications made by the Defendants in a libel claim brought by Nick Cruz, a Gibraltarian barrister, against the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission and its former CEO and… Read More »
Rare defamation decision in Chancery Division
In a judgment handed down today in Astra Asset Management & Anor v Musst Investments & Siddiqi Chief Master Marsh has refused applications by both sides. The action is a claim for slander and malicious… Read More »
Meaning trial in claim by Mamadou Sakho against WADA
There will be a preliminary trial on the issue of meaning tomorrow in a libel claim brought by the Premier League footballer Mamadou Sakho against the World Anti-Doping Authority. Mr Sakho, who plays for Crystal… Read More »
Sir James & Lady Dyson v Associated Newspapers: trial of meaning
Tomorrow the High Court will hear argument in a Trial of Preliminary Issues in a libel claim brought by Sir James and Lady Dyson over articles published in the Daily Mail and on MailOnline. The… Read More »
Australian court awards record damages
An Australian court has just ordered record general damages for defamation against the Channel 9 television network and a journalist, Nick Cater. In Wagner & Ors v Nine Network Australia & Ors [2019] QSC 284,… Read More »
5RB sweeps the board at Bar Awards
5RB, media and communications law barristers, was named Defamation Set of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards held 31 October 2019. Justin Rushbrooke QC was named Silk of the Year and Godwin Busuttil… Read More »
5RB ‘the market leader in the field of defamation and privacy law’
The Legal 500’s 2019 edition has the following accolades for Chambers: ‘The best media sets out there with a massive cross section of counsel covering all aspects of media law’, 5RB is the market leader… Read More »
JCPC to hear libel reference appeal
On Tuesday 17 June 2019 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lady Black, Lord Briggs, Lady Arden) will hear an appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeal of… Read More »