FlyMeNow awarded ‘minimal’ damages
Despite succeeding on liability at a trial in its claim for libel, FlyMeNow Limited has been awarded a ‘minimal’ amount of £10 by Mr Justice Warby against Quick Air Jet Charter GmbH. The claim was… Read More »
First order made under s.12 of the Defamation Act 2013
In the first use of the new power available under section 12 Defamation Act 2013, the High Court has ordered the UK broadcaster of ARY News and its Chief Operating Officer to broadcast a summary of the… Read More »
Supreme Court refuses Simpson permission to appeal
The Supreme Court has today refused Leicester City footballer Danny Simpson permission to appeal in his libel claim against MGN, publisher of the Daily Mirror. In July 2016 the Court of Appeal allowed MGN’s appeal… Read More »
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman awarded £185k libel damages
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, the Chief Executive of Pakistan’s largest media group, has been awarded £185,000 in libel damages by the High Court following the trial of his claim against the UK broadcaster of ARY News, ARY Network Ltd,… Read More »
Lachaux appeal hearing begins
The Court of Appeal hearing in Lachaux v AOL (UK), Independent Print Ltd & Evening Standard Ltd begins today. The appeal is being heard in Court 72 by Lord Justice McFarlane, Lord Justice Davis and Lady Justice… Read More »
Neighbours’ dispute leads to £32,080 award of damages
The High Court has awarded £32,080 to a man who had been subjected to a campaign of harassment by his neighbour, which included the making of slanderous comments and a false report of a sex… Read More »
Vegetarian restaurateur awarded £9000 libel damages for cow death allegation
Khalid Undre, a vegetarian restaurateur, was today awarded £9000 libel damages arising out of a news release reporting his conviction for animal cruelty offences. The London Borough of Harrow, which had successfully prosecuted Mr Undre… Read More »
Rahman libel trial commences
The trial of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s libel and harassment claim against ARY Network Ltd, the UK broadcaster of Urdu news channel ARY News, and its Chief Operating Officer, Fayaz Ghafoor, begins today in the High Court…. Read More »
Libel success for President of Sikh Gurdwara
Gurmail Singh Malhi, the President of London’s largest Sikh Gurdwara, (Sri Guru Singh Sabha) has succeeded in his libel complaint against Des Pardes Weekly (which describes itself as the UK and Europe’s first and most… Read More »
UPDATED – Conference5RB 2016 Programme
Conference5RB 2016 will take place on Thursday, 29 September 2016 at IET Savoy Place, Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL. Conference5RB will be accredited with 6.5 hours CPD, and will provide an update on a wide variety… Read More »
Jimmy White Libel Claim Settles
The snooker player Jimmy White settled his claim against Express Newspapers on the second day of a damages hearing. The claim was in respect of an article published in the Daily Star Sunday in June 2012… Read More »
Pre-action disclosure in Heir Hunters dispute
Anglia Research Services, a leading genealogical research company has obtained an order for pre-action disclosure against competitor Finders International in respect of an alleged online ‘dirty tricks’ campaign. Anglia and one of its directors Philip… Read More »
New Supplement to Gatley published
A new Supplement to the 12th edition of the leading defamation textbook Gatley on Libel and Slander has been published. It is edited by HHJ Richard Parkes QC (a former member of 5RB) and Professor Alastair Mullis,… Read More »
Claimant succeeds in latest serious harm trial
Following a two day trial to determine whether the libel claim brought by Sam Theedom satisfied the test under s.1 of the Defamation Act 2013 (that there has been serious harm to reputation), judgment has… Read More »
Niall Horan wins round in libel claim
Niall Horan of the boyband One Direction sued Express Newspapers over an article in the Daily Star entitled “1D NEW DRUG STORM” which featured a photograph of him with Justin Bieber and Cody Simpson close… Read More »
Sunday Times wins libel claim
Former Conservative MP Tim Yeo has lost his libel claim against the Sunday Times. The action was brought in relation to articles published after an undercover investigation by the Sunday Times Insight Team. The journalists,… Read More »
University of Sussex apologises to ex-student
The University of Sussex has today apologised “unreservedly” to Michael Segalov, an ex-student, following allegations of criminal behaviour published by the University in two online news bulletins in December 2013. Mr Segalov, who is now… Read More »
Anna Coppola speaks at Malaysian media law conference
Anna Coppola, Associate Member of 5RB and currently based in Singapore, spoke on online defamation and cross-jurisdictional issues at a conference on Media law on 1st October in Kuala Lumpur organised by leading Malaysian law… Read More »
Privy Council allows Reynolds appeal
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Lords Clarke, Wilson, Sumption, Carnwath and Toulson) today handed down judgment in an appeal it heard in April of this year on Reynolds qualified privilege. It allowed the… Read More »
New decision on serious harm
Warby J has handed down a decision on s. 1(2) of the Defamation Act 2013 in Brett Wilson LLP v Persons Unknown [2015] EWHC 2628 (QB). This is the first time a court has considered… Read More »