Conference5RB 2025 – Programme released!
We are delighted to announce that the Conference5RB 2025 programme is now available. The spaces are limited. If you haven’t yet secured your place, there’s still time to register. Here are the delegate pass options: Full price:… Read More »
John Ware’s Defamation Case Against Roger Waters and Al Jazeera: Preliminary Issues Heard in Court
A trial of preliminary issues took place yesterday before Mrs Justice Eady in the defamation claim brought by John Ware against Roger Waters and Al Jazeera Media Network. The claim concerns an interview that Mr… Read More »
Access to court documents sought in Yang Tengbo v SoS for the Home Department
Today, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) heard argument over the release to the media of documents from the case of H6 vs Secretary of State for the Home Department (SC/205/2023). Yang Tengbo was excluded… Read More »
Court dismisses application to strike out defence in Clarke v GNM
Mrs Justice Steyn DBE dismissed the application of the claimant, Noel Clarke, to strike out the Guardian’s defence of his claim for libel. The claimant had alleged that Guardian journalists had deleted relevant documents and… Read More »
Jacob Dean appointed as KC
5RB is delighted to announce that Jacob Dean has been appointed King’s Counsel. The formal ceremony will take place on 24th March 2025. Jacob was called to the bar in 1995 and has practiced at… Read More »
Important Appeal Against Judges’ Anonymity Handed Down
The Court of Appeal (Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Warby and King LJJ) has allowed the appeal against the decision of Williams J to anonymise three judges who presided over historic proceedings… Read More »
Landmark Admission by News Group Newspapers Over Unlawful Information Gathering
The Duke of Sussex and Lord Watson have won a landmark unlawful information gathering claim against News Group Newspapers Limited (“NGN”), in what has been described as a historic admission of guilt. NGN has, for… Read More »
Landmark privacy trial against News Group
Today, The High Court begins an eight-week trial in the Mobile Telephone Voicemail Interception Litigation (MTVIL) before Mr Justice Fancourt. Central to these proceedings are allegations of widespread unlawful information-gathering practices at The News of… Read More »
Clarke v The Guardian PTR
Mrs Justice Steyn will today hear the pre-trial review in the libel and data protection action brought by actor and director Noel Clarke against Guardian News and Media. 5RB’s Alexandra Marzec and Ben Gallop are instructed by the… Read More »
Reporting Restrictions Re: The Sharif Children
Today, the Court of Appeal will hear the appeal against the decision of Williams J to grant anonymity to judges in historic family justice proceedings concerning Sara Sharif and her family. The appeal raises questions… Read More »
Amazon knocks out boxing film libel and privacy claims
Claims in libel and privacy brought by a mother over a documentary film about her daughter, double Olympic gold boxing champion Nicola Adams OBE, have today been dismissed. Ms Adams’ mother claimed that aspects of… Read More »
Significant judgment on reporting privilege
The Court of Appeal has delivered an important judgment on the qualified privilege that applies to various forms of reporting under s.15 of the Defamation Act 1996, which clarifies the approach to the section and… Read More »
Anonymity Order lifted in H6 v Secretary of State for the Home Department
On 16 December 2024, Chamberlain J heard an application brought by Yang Tengbo (formerly referred to as “H6”) to discharge an Order that had directed the Special Immigration Appeals Commission to maintain his anonymity. The… Read More »
Permission Granted to Publish Historic Materials Relating to Sara Sharif
On Monday, 9 December, Mr Justice Williams, sitting in the High Court (Family Division), granted several media organisations permission to publish information from historic family justice proceedings concerning Sara Sharif and her family, as well… Read More »
5RB hosts event for Big Voice London students
On 11 December, approximately 50 students participated in 5RB’s virtual Media Law Insight Evening. The session was led by Aidan Eardley KC and began with a “whistlestop tour” of the law of defamation from Joint… Read More »
Holiday opening hours
Over the holiday period, Chambers will close on Tuesday, 24th December 2024 and will re-open on Thursday, 2nd January 2025. We will monitor our email, clerks@5RB.com, throughout the holiday period; however, for any urgent matters, please… Read More »
Statins statement in open court
A statement was read in open court before Nicklin J on 5 December 2024 on behalf of the claimants, Zoë Harcombe PhD and Dr Malcolm Kendrick, in their long-running libel claim against Associated Newspapers. This recorded… Read More »
The Law of Privacy and The Media (4th edition)
The Law of Privacy and The Media (4th edition) Publisher: OUP Date of Publication: 19 November 2024 ISBN: 9780192871107 Written by a distinguished team of barristers and academics specialising in privacy and media law, the 4th… Read More »
The University of Law Pupillage Virtual Fair
5RB barristers Lily Walker-Parr, Hope Williams and Katya Pereira will be taking part in the University of Law Pupillage Fair, which will be held online on Wednesday, 20 November 2024. Our barristers will be speaking… Read More »
TPI on meaning in a data protection claim
On 29 October 2024, judgement was handed down in (1) Joseph Pacini, (2) Carsten Geyer v Dow Jones & Company Inc [2024] EWHC 2714 (KB) in respect of a TPI that was held to determine… Read More »