Lords inquiry into social media offences
The House of Lords Communications Committee is conducting an inquiry into social media and communications offences. The inquiry will look into whether the legislation currently dealing with such offences (which includes the Offences Against the… Read More »
Attorney General to withdraw contempt archives plans
The Attorney General has announced, via written statement to Parliament, that the Government plans to withdraw clauses 51 and 52 from the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill. The clauses, if they became law, would have… Read More »
Police Sergeant awarded £60,000 libel damages
Michael Appleyard, a Police Sergeant based in a small town in West Yorkshire, has won his libel claim against Neil Wilby in relation to words published on Mr Wilby’s website and tweets sent by him…. Read More »
What does “damage” mean under the DPA?
On 11 June 2014, Wikeley J dismissed the Information Commissioner’s appeal (IC v Niebel [2014] UKUT 0255 (AAC)) against the First-Tier Tribunal’s decision to allow Mr Niebel’s appeal against a monetary penalty notice (MPN) of… Read More »
“Core” of major terrorism trial to be held in private
The Court of Appeal has given its decision, with fully reasoned Judgments to follow, on the recent appeal by Guardian News and Media Ltd against a decision by Nicol J that the pending terrorism trial… Read More »
Matthew Nicklin QC becomes Joint Head of Chambers
Following the appointment of former Joint Head of Chambers Mr Justice Warby as a High Court Judge on 10th June 2014, 5RB are delighted to announce that Matthew Nicklin QC has become Joint Head of… Read More »
Mark Warby QC sworn in as a High Court Judge
5RB is proud to announce that Mark Warby QC has been appointed to the High Court Bench. He will be assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division. He will be sworn in at 9.30am on Tuesday… Read More »
Changes to copyright law come into force
On 1 June 2014 three statutory instruments came into force, implementing new exceptions to the law of copyright: the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Disability) Regulations 2014 the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Research, Education,… Read More »
Counsellor receives apology
Associated Newspapers has made a statement in open court apologising to Baylissa Frederick for the publication of articles about her in the Daily Mail and on MailOnline. Ms Frederick works as a counsellor. She is… Read More »
5RB Quiz 2014
5RB hosted its 8th annual charity pub quiz last night, to raise funds for the Bar Pro Bono Unit and the Free Representation Unit (FRU). Teams from many leading solicitors firms and media organisations competed over seven rounds of… Read More »
5RB at the London Legal Walk
The 5RB team of Jonathan Barnes, Adam Speker, Victoria Shore, Felicity McMahon, Chloe Strong, Julian Santos and Justin Simon took part in the London Legal Walk yesterday to raise money for the London Legal Support Trust,… Read More »
Line-dancing teacher receives apology from rival over libellous claims
My Myers, a popular teacher who runs a line-dancing school in Harrow, London, received an apology by way of a statement in open court from a competitor who had unjustly accused him of aggressive tactics and… Read More »
Mark Warby QC speaks at the Asian Racing Conference
5RB’s joint head of Chambers Mark Warby QC spoke at the 35th Asian Racing Conference in Hong Kong last week. Speaking to a plenary session entitled ‘Sport Integrity: racing as the frontrunner’, Mark shared his… Read More »
CJEU: Google must remove certain search results
The CJEU today handed down judgment in C-131/12 Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, Mario Costeja González. The ruling, on the application of the Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC… Read More »
AVB granted privacy injunction
Following a contested trial, judgment has been given by Tugendhat J in AVB v TDD. AVB is a retired male solicitor and TDD a female prostitute. The dispute arose from the disclosure of AVB’s private… Read More »
Senior Property Executive Settles Privacy Claim
Matthew Pullen, a senior real estate commercial executive, has settled his claim for breach of privacy against the PR firm, FTI Consulting LLP and Anthony Danaher, the Chairman of Strategic Communications of that firm. Mr… Read More »
Russell Brand accepts libel damages and apology
A libel claim brought by comedian Russell Brand over an article published in the Sun on Sunday in November 2013 was concluded today with a statement in open court read before Mr Justice Tugendhat. The… Read More »
Changes to copyright law to come into force 1 June 2014
UPDATE: On 8th May Intellectual Property Minister Lord Younger announced that whilst the Disability, Research, Education, Libraries & Archives and Public Administration sets of regulations are on course to come into force on 1st June as anticipated… Read More »
5RB London Legal Walk Team 2014
Members of 5RB will be participating in the 10th Anniversary London Legal Walk on 19th May. The team, consisting of Desmond Browne QC, Jonathan Barnes, Adam Speker, Victoria Shore, Felicity McMahon, Chloe Strong, Julian Santos,… Read More »
Paul Weller succeeds in High Court privacy claim
On 16 April 2014 the High Court ruled that the publication of photographs of three of Paul Weller’s children on the MailOnline website amounted to a misuse of their private information. Represented by 5RB’s David… Read More »