5RB Defamation Set of the Year
5RB and Adam Wolanski won awards at the Chambers UK Bar Awards last night. 5RB was named Defamation Set of the Year, while Adam Wolanski was named Junior of the Year for his notable work over the… Read More »
5RB Podcast on the Lachaux decision
On Tuesday 10th October, 5RB held a panel discussion to review the recent Court of Appeal decision in Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd, Evening Standard Ltd, AOL (UK) Ltd. and its ramifications for the serious harm threshold. On the night, Desmond… Read More »
5RB ‘dominates the field’ in Legal 500
Legal directory The Legal 500’s edition for 2017 has the following praise for Chambers: 5RB is ‘a forward-thinking set’ that ‘solicitors would go to first every time for media law.’ Chambers ‘just dominates the defamation and… Read More »
Irish High Court refers Standard Contractual Clauses to CJEU
On 3 October 2017 the Irish High Court handed down judgment in a case brought by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (“DPC”) relating to a complaint brought by Max Schrems about Facebook’s transfer of his… Read More »
Express Newspapers ordered to publish agreed apology
Express Newspapers has been ordered by the High Court to publish the apology that it had previously agreed to pursuant to a settlement under CPR Part 36. It was also ordered to pay the claimant’s… Read More »
High Court strikes out claim against Channel 5
The High Court has struck out the particulars of a claim brought by Mr Adam Jamal Taylor against Channel 5 and Brinkworth Films in respect of an episode the program “Can’t Pay, We’ll Take It Away”…. Read More »
Trial in Morrisons data leak case begins
The trial on liability in a claim against Morrisons supermarket over an incident in which an employee leaked staff personal data online begins today, before Mr Justice Langstaff. The claim is brought in misuse of… Read More »
5RB Arrivals and Departures
5RB are delighted to welcome Aled Jones as a tenant following the successful completion of his pupillage. During his pupillage Aled was supervised by Jacob Dean, Adam Wolanski, David Hirst and Christina Michalos. He assisted in… Read More »
Middle Temple Visit to Washington DC
Three members of 5RB attended the Middle Temple’s Amity Visit to Washington DC this month and contributed to a session on Restrictions on Media Communications in the interests of Truth and Privacy held at the… Read More »
Matthew Nicklin QC appointed to High Court
5RB congratulates Matthew Nicklin QC on his appointment to the High Court Bench. Matthew will be a Justice of the High Court with effect from 2 October 2017, consequential to the elevation of Sir Timothy… Read More »
‘Serious harm’ appeals dismissed
The case represents the first opportunity that the Court of Appeal has had to consider the meaning and effect of s.1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013. The judgment addresses this matter as well as a… Read More »
5RB welcomes back Victoria Simon-Shore
5RB is pleased to announce that Victoria Simon-Shore will return to full-time practice from her maternity leave on 4th September 2017. For any enquiries, please contact Andrew Love or Antony Braeger on 020 7242 2902
Supreme Court refuses permission in DPA/libel claim
The Supreme Court has refused the application of London-based Arabic-language web news publisher Elaph Publishing Ltd for permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision allowing Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco to bring claims… Read More »
Journalists seeking comment held not harassment
HHJ Moloney QC sitting as a High Court judge today held that approaches by the media to the subject of a story in order to seek comment was not capable of being harassment in a decision… Read More »
Supreme Court dismisses anonymity Appeal
The Supreme Court today dismissed the Claimant’s appeal in the long running privacy case PNM v Times Newspapers and Newsquest. PNM, who can now be named as Oxford businessman Tariq Khuja, obtained a postponement order… Read More »
Perjury defendant loses anonymity
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in R v Jemma Beale, an appeal against an order prohibiting the identification of a defendant in a trial for perjury and perverting the course of justice…. Read More »
Segregated Muslim School Named after Press Challenge
Al Hijrah school in Birmingham brought judicial review proceedings seeking to quash a decision by Ofsted to publish an inspection report into the school. The report concluded, amongst other things, that the policy of segregation… Read More »
Consultant wins Dental CPD dispute
Business consultant Dr Andrew Guise has won his claims for libel, harassment and breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 over a website created about him by entrepreneur Rajeev Shah. Dr Guise had provided services… Read More »
Media and Communications List Report
On 28 June Warby J issued the Media and Communications List Consultation Report, in response to the survey of court users in May 2017. The consultation sough the views of practitioners and other court users… Read More »
No preliminary issue on serious harm
Warby J has refused an application for the issue of serious harm to be tried by way of preliminary issue in Nick Brown MP’s libel claim against Tom Bower and Faber & Faber. Mr Brown… Read More »