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 »
Supreme Court refuses Simpson permission to appeal
The Supreme Court has today refused Leicester City footballer Danny Simpson permission to appeal in his libel claim against MGN, publisher of the Daily Mirror. In July 2016 the Court of Appeal allowed MGN’s appeal… Read More »
Supreme Court upholds PJS injunction
The Supreme Court today, by a majority of 4-1, allowed the appeal of PJS and continued the injunction to prevent reporting until trial or further order. PJS is a married celebrity who sought an injunction… Read More »
Supreme Court refuses permission in two media cases
Last week the Supreme Court refused permission to appeal in two media law cases: In Gulati & Ors v Mirror Group Newspapers, the Mirror phone hacking damages case, the Supreme Court refused permission to appeal,… Read More »
Supreme Court to hear Vidal-Hall
The Supreme Court has granted Google permission to appeal in part in Vidal-Hall v Google. Permission to appeal was given in relation to the issue of whether compensation under section 13(2) Data Protection Act 1998 can be… Read More »
Supreme Court: police retention of data lawful
The Supreme Court has allowed the appeals of two individuals who claimed that the police retention of electronic data about them on a searchable database breached their rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on… Read More »
OPO v MLA to begin in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear the appeal in OPO v MLA on Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th January 2015. The panel consists of Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale, Lord Clarke, Lord Wilson and Lord Toulson. In its… Read More »
Miller and Crawford: permission refused
The Supreme Court has recently refused permission to appeal in two media law cases which reached the Court of Appeal earlier in 2014: Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd was a defamation case concerning a Chase… Read More »
Supreme Court: FOIA not only means of disclosure
The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in Kennedy v Charity Commission [2014] UKSC 20. The case was argued on the basis of section 32 Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), on which the appellant lost, as… Read More »
Supreme Court rules on production order evidence
The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in R (on the application of British Sky Broadcasting Limited) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2014] UKSC 17. The case related to a production order obtained… Read More »