Category: News

Mr Justice Nicklin will on Monday hear the pre-trial review (PTR) of a libel action brought by a blogger, Richard Millett, against the Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP.  The 15-day trial is listed to begin… Read More »

The First Preliminary Hearing in the Inquiry into the Retirement of the Former Commissioner of Police was held today in Gibraltar. The Inquiry was established by the Governor of Gibraltar, His Excellency Vice Admiral Sir… Read More »

Today the High Court will hear argument in a Preliminary Issue Trial in a libel claim brought by the Duke of Sussex over articles published in the Mail on Sunday and on MailOnline. Mr Justice Nicklin… Read More »

The latest edition of the leading defamation textbook Gatley on Libel and Slander was published on 27 May. The book offers comprehensive, up to date, coverage of English law on the topic. It features new… Read More »

The libel trial in Wright v McCormack commenced in the High Court on Monday 23 May, before Mr Justice Chamberlain. The Claimant, Dr Craig Wright, is well-known within the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency community, and avers… Read More »

A final judgment has been released in the AG v BBC ‘MI5 agent’ case which confirms the scope of information that the BBC is able to broadcast. The injunction order will contain a general provision… Read More »

Following Desmond Browne QC’s decision to take up Associate Membership of Chambers and step down as Head of Chambers with effect from 13 April 2022, Adrienne Page QC has become Joint Head of Chambers with… Read More »

The High Court has granted an interim injunction restraining the BBC from broadcasting a programme identifying ‘X’, an alleged covert human intelligence source (‘CHIS’) for MI5. The BBC alleges that X is a dangerous extremist… Read More »

Broadcaster and journalist Andrew Neil was granted permission by Master Dagnall to serve out his libel claim on Jennifer Arcuri in the United States. Mr Neil is suing Ms Arcuri for libel over tweets she… Read More »

5RB‘s Godwin Busuttil and former member of chambers HHJ Richard Parkes QC have retired as editors of the Entertainment and Media Law Reports. Issue 3 of 2022 will be their last. They will be succeeded… Read More »

5RB has learnt with great regret of the death of Sir Charles Gray. Joint Head of Chambers Desmond Browne QC said: “I was terribly sad to receive the news that Charles died yesterday.  Sir Charles… Read More »

A joint statement in open court has been read today in a libel claim brought by Mike Ashley. Between 16 and 18 July 2020, TNL, the publisher of The Times, published seven articles in various… Read More »

An open hearing was held yesterday in proceedings brought by the Attorney General for an injunction against the BBC in respect of a planned report about an MI5 agent.  The BBC alleges that the agent… Read More »

Mr Sykes sued Ms Shaw over a Facebook post that she published in May 2021, shortly after the inquest into the death of his wife, Jodie Sykes. Lily Walker-Parr, of 5RB, told HHJ Lewis (sitting… Read More »

Details of the claim brought by the government to prevent a broadcast by the BBC about an alleged MI5 agent were today made public. Following the decision by the Attorney General not to appeal last… Read More »

An attempt by the Government to exclude the public from the hearing of its claim for an injunction against the BBC has failed. The Attorney General has applied for an injunction to prevent the BBC… Read More »

The Supreme Court has upheld the decisions of the Court of Appeal and Mr Justice Nicklin that an article about a fraud, bribery and corruption investigation into the Claimant, at a time when he had… Read More »