Celebrating 100 years of Women at the Bar
The Bar is marking the centenary this Autumn of the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, which allowed women for the first time to become barristers. On the following day, 24 December 1919,… Read More »
James Price QC retires
Desmond Browne paid tribute to James’s great contribution over the years to building up 5RB to its present strength: “Right to the end of his time, James has been instructed in some of the leading… Read More »
Charles Elphicke v Times Newspapers Ltd: trial of meaning
A trail of meaning in a defamation case brought by the former Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke will be heard today before Mr Justice Nicol. The trial will determine the meaning of two articles published by… Read More »
Triaster Ltd v Dun & Bradstreet Ltd: preliminary issues trial
Mr Justice Jay will today hear the trial of four preliminary issues in Triaster Ltd’s libel action against Dun & Bradstreet in relation to a credit report it produced on the claimant company. The trial… 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 »
Supreme Court Judgment awaited in “fascinating” Morrisons data claim
The two-day Supreme Court appeal by Morrisons challenging Mr Justice Langstaff’s 2017 Judgment on vicarious liability against it in respect of its 2014 payroll data leak concluded on Thursday 7 November 2019. The leak was… Read More »
High Court to hear Anna Turley defamation claim
The trial of Anna Turley’s libel action against Unite the Union and Stephen Walker of The Skwawkbox blog starts today before Mr Justice Nicklin. Kate Wilson, instructed by Simon Gallant of Hamlins LLP, represents Ms Turley.
Supreme Court begins hearing Morrisons data claim
Various Claimants v Morrisons Supermarkets plc is a group litigation claim on behalf of 5,518 claimant employees of Morrisons concerning a data leak in 2014 intentionally carried out by a disgruntled employee who sent the… 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 »
Alison Morgan QC vindicated re her role in the prosecution of Ben Stokes
A statement in open court has been read which signals the conclusion of the libel claims brought by Alison Morgan QC concerning defamatory allegations regarding her conduct of the criminal prosecution of the England cricketer… Read More »
5RB tops 2020 Chambers UK Guide
The 2020 Chambers UK Bar guide recognises 5RB’s expertise in defamation, privacy and data protection “with observers concurring that it is ‘the leading set for media law matters where privacy and reputation are in play.’… Read More »
Claimants denied anonymity in strip-club covert filming case
11 claimants (nine personal and two corporate claimants) seek remedies for misuse of private information and breach of the Data Protection Act 2018. The claim concerns covertly recorded footage from two Spearmint Rhino ‘sexual entertainment… 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 »
Welcome to our newest tenant
We are pleased to announce that Lily Walker-Parr has been offered tenancy after successful completion of pupillage. From October, Lily will join 5RB as our 33rd member of chambers. Her supervisors were Jacob Dean, Christina… Read More »
5RB proudly supports the Koestler Art Awards
Koestler Arts “seek to harness the uniquely transformative power of the arts to motivate prisoners, secure hospital patients and immigration detainees to learn the skills and gain the confidence to live creative, positive and productive… Read More »
Marital confidence claim brought by businessman Bhanu Choudhrie struck out
In an ex tempore judgment handed down on 11 July 2019, the approved transcript of which was published yesterday, HH Judge David Hodge QC, sitting as a Judge of the Chancery Division, has struck out… Read More »
Changes to the CPR for media and communications claims
Following consultation on the role of the newly formed Media and Communications List of the Queen’s Bench Division (the M&C List), amendments to the CPR will establish a designated specialist list of the High Court… Read More »
JCPC allows appeal in reference innuendo case
On Monday 29 July 2019 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lady Black, Lord Briggs, Lady Arden) handed down judgment allowing the media defendants’ appeal from a decision of the… Read More »
Transgender man who gave birth loses anonymity
A transgender man who gave birth to a child and sought to be registered as the child’s father has lost his right to anonymity in judicial review proceedings, following an application by the media. The… Read More »
Tommy Robinson jailed for nine months for contempt
The Divisional Court (Dame Victoria Sharp P and Warby J), sitting at the Old Bailey, today sentenced Stephen Yaxley-Lennon to nine months imprisonment for contempt of court. Yaxley-Lennon also goes by the name Tommy Robinson. … Read More »