As always, the autumn term will be a busy one for 5RB. Here’s what lies ahead.
3 October – Universal Studios v Flextech Rights Ltd (Comm Ct)
11 October – George Galloway v Telegraph Group (CA)
17 October – Rupert Lowe v Times Newspapers (QBD – Jury Trial)
24 October – Culnane v Morris (QBD – Jury Trial)
31 October – Cray v Hancock (QBD)
14 November – IMG v TRO Essex Music (ChD)
14 November – Henry v BBC (QBD – Jury Trial)
23 November – Brunei Press v Aziz (Brunei CA)
28 November – Crossland v Wilkinson (CA)
28 November – Musa King v Telegraph Group (QBD – Costs)
November/December – Wood v West Midlands Police (QBD – Costs)
5 December – Beckhams v News Group (QBD – Jury Trial)
5 December – Delaney v News Group (QBD – Jury Trial)
12 December – Re Red Lancer (Disciplinary Panel of the Jockey Club)
14 December – McKeith v News Group (QBD – Jury Trial)
Also expected this term are the House of Lords’ reserved judgment on the costs aspects of Campbell v Mirror Group, which may have significant repercussions for conditional fee agreements in media cases, and Stanley Burnton J’s ruling in Mullins v Appeal Board, on whether judicial review is available in respect of a decision of the Appeal Board of the Jockey Club to disqualify a horse from a 2002 race.
Further information about the cases listed above will appear on www.5rb.com shortly.