Alex Reid wins privacy injunction
On Friday 18 May 2018 Mr Reid, represented by 5RB’s Chloe Strong, was granted an interim injunction at the High Court by Mr Justice Jay. Mr Reid is suing Ms Price for misuse of private information, breach… Read More »
Lachaux settles HuffPost claim
Today the parties in Lachaux v AOL (UK) Ltd made a joint Statement in Open Court, bringing to an end Mr Lachaux’s long-running libel dispute with online news provider, the Huffington Post UK. The claim,… Read More »
5RB acts in “unparalleled” Australian libel case
Two of 5RB’s members, Tom Blackburn SC and Patrick McCafferty, are appearing for the claimant Wagner family in what Tom Blackburn SC has described to the court as “a defamation that is unparalleled as far… Read More »
Evidence concludes in Cliff Richard trial
The Court has finished hearing evidence in the trial of Sir Cliff Richard’s claim against the BBC and South Yorkshire Police for misuse of private information/breach of Article 8 ECHR, and breach of the Data… Read More »
5RB Podcasts on Interim Injunctions
5RB Podcasts – Privacy Interim Injunctions. Desmond Browne QC moderates a discussion with Alex Marzec and Adam Speker on Interim Injunctions. In Part One they explore how to seek and defend an interim injunction application up… Read More »
New ICO speaker at Conference5RB
Due to work commitments that require her to travel abroad, the Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham will no longer be able to attend this year’s Conference5RB, to be held on Wednesday 26th September 2018. We can… Read More »
Monir v Wood trial begins
The claim is against the former Chairman of the UKIP Bristol Branch for a tweet published by the Branch’s Twitter account. The account published the tweet shortly before the General Election in May 2015, when… Read More »
Trial establishes English “right to be forgotten”
The first English “right to be forgotten” trial against Google LLC, the US corporation, has resulted in a de-listing order made in favour of NT2, one of the two anonymous claimants. The claim brought by… Read More »
Sir Cliff Richard v BBC trial to begin
The trial in the case of Sir Cliff Richard v BBC & South Yorkshire Police begins tomorrow, Thursday 12 April 2018, before Mr Justice Mann. It is expected to last for two weeks. The claim is brought… Read More »
Permission to Appeal granted in “Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!” case
Mr Justice Arnold has granted the Claimants in the Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! misuse of private information case permission to appeal on quantum. He did so on the basis that there were points… Read More »
Supreme Court grants PTA in Lachaux
On 21 March 2018, the UK Supreme Court (Lord Kerr, Lord Reed and Lady Black) granted permission to appeal to Independent Print Limited (‘IPL’) in the leading case on the interpretation of section 1(1) of… Read More »
First “right to be forgotten” case reaches trial
The first English “right to be forgotten” case against Google LLC (the US corporation), brought in relation to links maintained by the Google search engine, begins in the High Court before Mr Justice Warby on… Read More »
Supreme Court refuses permission in anonymity case
The Supreme Court has today refused Russian oligarch Arcady Rotenberg permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of his claim against Times Newspapers. The case, known until today as R v R, arose… Read More »
‘Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!’ Claimants win £20,000
On 22 February 2018 Arnold J handed down judgment in a misuse of private information claim brought by Mr Ali and his wife Mr Aslam against Channel 5. The Claimants sued on the broadcast of… Read More »
5RB ‘stands above the competition’
5RB and a number of its members have been praised in the latest edition of international legal directory Who’s Who Legal. All four silks, and nine juniors, were identified as “top-tier barristers… the leading individuals… Read More »
Chrissy Chambers wins ‘revenge porn’ settlement
Chrissy Chambers has settled an action in breach of confidence and misuse of private information for ‘substantial damages’ arising out of the non-consensual uploading of sexual videos without her consent to the website Redtube.com. The… Read More »
New defamation textbook publications
December 2017 saw two new publications of textbooks for defamation practitioners: The 2nd Supplement to the 12th Edition of Gatley on Libel and Slander The Second Supplement includes full updates on all developments in defamation… Read More »
Katie Hopkins refused permission to appeal
The Court of Appeal has refused permission to appeal to Katie Hopkins, who had sought to challenge the decision at trial of Warby J in the ‘Twitter Libel Trial’: Jack Monroe v Katie Hopkins [2017] EWHC… Read More »
Scottish Law Commission proposes defamation reforms
On 14 December 2017 the Scottish Law Commission published its report recommending reform of defamation law in Scotland. The report proposes changes including the introduction of a serious harm requirement, a reduction in the limitation period… Read More »
Statement in Open Court in Suresh v Samad and others
On 1 December 2017 Mr Selvaratnam Suresh a registered charity, made a Statement in Open Court, marking the end of his libel claim against Abdul Samad, Amirthalingam Nagaraja and Kajananan Sathananthan. The Claimant is the… Read More »