Ex-Formula 1 boss awarded £75,000
Tony Purnell, former Principal of the Jaguar Racing formula one team, has been awarded £75,000 libel damages by a jury at the High Court in London. The libel was published in Business F1 magazine which is owned and… Read More »
Da Vinci judge creates own code
After the Da Vinci Code, the Smithy Code. In what is almost certainly an unprecedented step for a High Court judge, Peter Smith J inserted a secret code into his judgment in the copyright infringement… Read More »
Trainer’s appeal fails
Racehorse trainer Shaun Keightley has failed in his attempt to overturn the ban from racing imposed on him by the Disciplinary Panel of The Jockey Club (now the Horseracing Regulatory Authority). In December, the… Read More »
News Group pays £100k to Rooney
Manchester United and England footballer Wayne Rooney has accepted £100,000 damages from the publishers of The Sun and The News of the World after the newspapers falsely alleged that he slapped his fiancée, Coleen McLoughlin…. Read More »
Da Vinci Code win for Dan Brown
The copyright infringement claim made against the publishers of the Da Vinci Code has been dismissed by the High Court today. The claim was brought by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, authors of the 1982 book The Holy… Read More »
‘Fake Sheikh’ faces exposure by MP
The News of World has failed in its efforts to prevent George Galloway from puiblishing pictures of its top investigative journalist on the Internet. The paper went to the High Court yesterday not as Defendant but as Claimant, to apply for an injunction to prevent… Read More »
Aussie Rules anti-doping results remain private
The Australian Football League and its players association, representing three footballers who failed a drugs test, has won an extension to an injunction preventing the media from disclosing their identities. The AFL and the AFL… Read More »
Prince fails to stop journals’ trial
The Prince of Wales’s legal case against the Mail on Sunday should go forward to a full trial, the High Court ruled today. The Prince brought the case after the newspaper published extracts from his journal on the Hong… Read More »
Wailers royalties battle begins
The trial of the action brought by Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett against Island Records begins in the High Court today. Barrett, bass guitar player with Bob Marley & The Wailers throughout their 1970s heyday, is bringing the… Read More »
5RB bids farewell to member
5RB announced today that Sapna Jethani will be leaving the media set to take up a new position with Clyde & Co solicitors in Dubai. Sapna joined 5RB in October 2000 after completion of her… Read More »
Practical immunity for ISPs confirmed
The High Court has today ruled in favour of Internet Service Providers in a case that is likely to have significant impact on the scope of liability for libel and harassment claims based on material… Read More »
BBC wins waiting lists libel claim
The High Court has today dismissed a libel claim brought by a senior manager at Weston General Hospital over allegations made in a BBC Points West news bulletin over falsification of waiting list figures. Giving… Read More »
Beckhams’ libel claim discontinued
David and Victoria Beckham have discontinued their libel action against the News of the World over the newspaper’s allegations that their marriage was a sham. The action was brought by the Beckhams over an article published in September… Read More »
Select Committee reports on CFAs
The Select Committee on Constitutional Affairs has published its much anticipated Report on the use of CFAs in defamation actions. However, despite significant lobbying by the media, the Report does not suggest a radical overhaul of the current system. Instead, it makes a number of… Read More »
Family law media reporting challenge
The Court of Appeal will today hear an appeal by a father against an order restraining him from discussing with the media his dispute with his former wife over their custody arrangements for their child…. Read More »
Court of Appeal hears Turner appeal
David Turner, who was awarded £9,000 libel damages in May 2005, concluded his appeal in the Court of Appeal today. Judgment was reserved. The level of damages had been assessed by Mr Justice Eady… Read More »
Prince of Wales judgment awaited
The hearing of the Prince of Wales’ application for summary judgment in his claim for breach of confidence and copyright infringement against the Mail on Sunday concluded on 23 February 2006. The hearing before Mr Justice Blackburne took… Read More »
Prince of Wales case in Court again
The Prince of Wales has suffered a set back in the case he has brought against the Mail on Sunday after the High Court ordered that he supply to the media copies of a witness statement… Read More »
Times in French libel battle
The Times, its editor and a journalist begin their defence of criminal libel charges brought by David and Frederick Barclay in Paris tomorrow. The case, in the Criminal Court, brought by the Barclay brothers, owners of… Read More »
Journalist wins Brady source case
Freelance investigative Journalist, Robert Ackroyd has successfully defended a claim brought by Mersey Care NHS Trust for disclosure of his source for an article over Moors’ murderer Ian Brady. In a judgment handed down today by Mr Justice Tugendhat,… Read More »