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How to get a libel injunction
By Adam Speker KC. 10 Sep 2020
From privacy to publicity: controlling the disclosure of allegations of abuse in litigation
By Adam Wolanski KC & Lily Walker-Parr. 20 Sep 2023
£6000 damages awarded for Council’s misuse of private financial information and GDPR breaches (Bekoe v Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Islington)
By Lily Walker-Parr. 2 Aug 2023
DPA 2018 immigration exemption unlawful: the legislative response
10 Feb 2022
High Court refuses application for trial of preliminary issues in defamation claim (Bindel v PinkNews)
By Lily Walker-Parr. 16 Jul 2021
High Court refuses application for strike out and summary judgment in libel and malicious falsehood claim (Ward v Associated Newspapers Ltd)
By Luke Browne. 28 Oct 2020
Decision to lift reporting restrictions upheld prior to final welfare hearing (Al Maktoum v Al Hussein)
By Lily Walker-Parr. 14 Apr 2020
5RB Podcast – Data subject access requests
By Justin Rushbrooke KC, Aidan Eardley KC & Felicity McMahon. 12 Dec 2019
The Pupillage Podcast: Media & Defamation Law
By Adrienne Page KC & Felicity McMahon. 1 Nov 2019
LexisNexis Information Law Practice Note – Applications for interim injunctions for breach of privacy
By Ben Gallop & Lily Walker-Parr. 22 Sep 2019
LexisNexis Information Law Practice Note – Misuse of Private Information
By Lily Walker-Parr & Ben Gallop. 22 Sep 2019
When legally privileged material is accidentally sent to a recipient (Advertising Standards Authority Ltd v Mitchell)
By Clara Hamer. 9 Jul 2019
Get Social Media Savvy
By Felicity McMahon. 14 Jan 2019
Recent Issues in Person Unknown cases
By Adam Speker KC. 5 Jun 2018
Anonymity Orders in Harassment Claims: Khan (formerly JMO) v Khan (formerly KTA) [2018] EWHC 241 (QB)
By Clara Hamer. 26 Mar 2018
Actors’ Moral Rights: Being Replaced In A Film
By Christina Michalos KC. 18 Dec 2017
5RB Podcast – The Lachaux decision ramifications for Serious Harm
By Adrienne Page KC, Desmond Browne CBE KC, Gervase de Wilde & Tom Blackburn SC. 19 Oct 2017
Restrictions on Media Communications in the Interests of Truth and Privacy
By Adam Speker KC. 19 Sep 2017
Government Twitter and Freedom of Expression by Christina Michalos
By Christina Michalos KC. 25 Aug 2017
The future under the e-Privacy Directive
6 Oct 2016
Vicarious liability for misuse of private information
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 28 Sep 2016
Protecting Public Officials and Corporates – Q&A
By Adam Speker KC & Felicity McMahon. 7 Jul 2016
Legal Issues of Blogging
By Christina Michalos KC. 1 Jul 2016
Responsible journalism—the ethics of press leaks
By John Stables. 13 Jun 2016
High profile divorce fuels discussion on family court reporting – Appleton v Gallagher
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 22 Apr 2016
Harassment by Publication – Abridged Extract
26 Jan 2016
Privacy, the Internet and Social Media – Abridged Extract
By Godwin Busuttil, Felicity McMahon & Gervase de Wilde. 22 Jan 2016
Golden Eye ‘pay or else’ letters
By Christina Michalos KC. 19 Jan 2016
Photos of celebrities’ children—does Paul Weller’s case muddy the waters of media law?
By John Stables. 10 Dec 2015
How much is too much? Privacy damages and phone-hacking
By Adam Speker KC. 29 Oct 2015
The Supreme Court decision in OPO v MLA
By Felicity McMahon. 29 Oct 2015
An affair to remember – defamation following the Ashley Madison hack
By Christina Michalos KC. 19 Oct 2015
When are website operators liable for user comments? – Delfi AS v Estonia
By Felicity McMahon. 14 Jul 2015
Statements in open court – ANL v Murray
By Julian Santos. 5 Jun 2015
The Journey of Gibraltar’s Football Association
By Julian Santos. 18 May 2015
Libel and Slander – The Defamation Act 2013
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 17 Apr 2015
Section 1 Defamation Act 2013: Will the test of the hypothetical reasonable reader be replaced by that of the twitter troll?
By Adrienne Page KC. 10 Feb 2015
Data Protection – Key Issues 2015
By Felicity McMahon. 28 Jan 2015
The DPA s. 32 exemption: what is journalism?
By Gervase de Wilde. 21 Jan 2015
Father’s book shelved to protect son
By Julian Santos. 28 Nov 2014
A Libel Revolution?
By Adam Speker KC & Felicity McMahon. 14 Oct 2014
Defamation County Court – Why Not?
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 28 Aug 2014
The shrinking scope for anonymity in the Court of Protection
By Felicity McMahon. 9 Jul 2014
The Defamation Act 2013 – 6 months on
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 1 Jul 2014
Kennedy v The Charity Commission: A New Zealand Perspective
29 Jun 2014
“You say tomato”: A Comparison of English and US Privacy Law Principles
24 Jun 2014
Free Speech Online
By Christina Michalos KC & Felicity McMahon. 4 Jun 2014
News-Gathering and the Protection from Harassment Act
By Adam Speker KC & Chloe Strong. 10 Apr 2014
The Section 5 Defamation Act 2013 Regulations: Cumbersome and of Questionable Benefit?
4 Mar 2014
Proximity to fame, privacy and copyright ownership
By Chloe Strong. 24 Jan 2013
Data protection and the prank callers
12 Dec 2012
Non-disclosure injunctions – the new landscape
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 24 Oct 2012
Supporting a free press and high standards – approaches to Regulation
By Desmond Browne CBE KC. 13 Oct 2011
The PCC Time for last rites?
By Desmond Browne CBE KC. 6 Sep 2011
Now we know what they are, where do we go from here?
By Desmond Browne CBE KC. 6 Aug 2011
Reporting Ancillary Relief Proceedings: An Update
By Adam Wolanski KC. 3 Dec 2010
Libel Reform – Common law development or statutory codification?
By Desmond Browne CBE KC. 15 Jul 2010
Interim Injunctions and the Overlap between Privacy and Libel
By Godwin Busuttil & Patrick McCafferty KC. 14 Jul 2010
Reduced ‘uplift’s on libel CFAs – why the hurry?
By Justin Rushbrooke KC. 9 Jun 2010
The Jury’s Out
25 May 2010
Think Again
18 May 2010
The Current State of English Defamation Law
9 Mar 2010
Media Access to the Family Courts: the Latest Proposals
By Adam Wolanski KC. 10 Dec 2009
Preventing Publication of Private Information
By Godwin Busuttil. 2 Dec 2009
Are the hunters becoming the hunted? The role of the paparazzi after recent rulings
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 19 Nov 2009
Paper given to the President’s Conference (Judicial Studies Board)
By Adam Wolanski KC. 12 May 2009
In The Name of the Law: Nominative Determinism
By Christina Michalos KC. 21 Apr 2009
Reportage: A Not Entirely Neutral Report
By Godwin Busuttil. 3 Feb 2009
Kiss & Tell Stories and Snatched Photographs
By Desmond Browne CBE KC. 20 May 2008
Article 8: The use of private correspondence in claims for ancillary relief
By Desmond Browne CBE KC. 10 May 2008
5RB Client Complaints Procedure
1 Jan 2008
Electronic Harassment – Steps to Protect Employees
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 9 Jul 2007
Reynolds privilege and Jameel v Wall Street Journal
By Adam Speker KC. 24 Apr 2007
Join the parties – CPR 5.4
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 1 Mar 2007
Towards transparency in the family justice system
By Adam Wolanski KC. 30 Nov 2006
Freedom of Information Act 2000
5 Jun 2006
Children, experts and open justice in the Family Division
By Adam Wolanski KC. 13 Mar 2006
Libel and Publication in the Public Interest
By Desmond Browne CBE KC. 2 Dec 2005
What is ‘Identical’ following Reed and Compass
22 Nov 2005
Trade Marks and Olympic Symbols
By Christina Michalos KC. 22 Nov 2005
Shape Marks and the Misshapen Monopoly
22 Nov 2005
Merchandising Fame
22 Nov 2005
Moral Rights and Site-Specific Art Works
By Christina Michalos KC. 27 Sep 2005
Image Rights and Privacy: After Douglas v Hello!
By Christina Michalos KC. 15 Jun 2005
Recent Practical Issues in Defamation
By Desmond Browne CBE KC. 26 Jan 2005
A review of recent developments in the law of privacy and the media
26 Jan 2005
Freedom of Information Act 2000: enhanced access to information
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 24 Nov 2004
Recent Developments in Defamation
By David Sherborne. 15 Sep 2004
The Princess, the Paparazzi and the Press
15 Jul 2004
The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations
By Jacob Dean. 1 Apr 2004
Review Special Issue on Privacy 2003 EHR Law
By Patrick Milmo KC. 23 Mar 2004
Overview of The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations
By Christina Michalos KC. 12 Mar 2004
Subject Access and Government Secrecy
13 Jan 2004
Sport and the Registration of Movement Marks
By Christina Michalos KC. 2 Dec 2003
Harry Potter and the John Doe injunction
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 1 Nov 2003
CPR disclosure and the Data Protection Act 1998
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 31 Jul 2003
Disclosure of journalists sources revisited
By Godwin Busuttil. 1 Jul 2003
When is a judge not a judge?
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 1 Jun 2003
Prior restraint of media publications
By Godwin Busuttil. 1 May 2003
Criminal contempt – third party liability
By Godwin Busuttil. 28 Mar 2003
Grobbelaar: Pyrrhic victory as libel jury’s verdict restored.
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 1 Feb 2003
Mr Justice Eady’s Talk at the launch of The Law of Privacy & The Media
12 Dec 2002
Damages for press republication of slander
By Godwin Busuttil. 28 Nov 2002
Disclosure of journalists’ sources
By Godwin Busuttil. 28 Oct 2002
Harry Potter and the Case of the False Evidence
By Christina Michalos KC. 1 Oct 2002
Defamation Law Reform: A Missed Opportunity?
1 Sep 2002
Cartoons and the law of libel
By Jonathan Barnes KC. 1 Jun 2002
Court’s power to overturn awards of damages
By Godwin Busuttil. 28 Apr 2002
Saving Face is all a matter of image for the famous
By Christina Michalos KC. 26 Mar 2002
Libel: extending the limitation period
28 Jan 2002
Series of newspaper articles can constitute harassment
By Godwin Busuttil. 28 Oct 2001
Criminal contempt – third party liability
By Godwin Busuttil. 28 Jun 2001
Law of confidence extended to protect right to life
By Godwin Busuttil. 28 May 2001
Court recognises right of privacy
By Godwin Busuttil. 28 Apr 2001
Divergent Views of the European Commission and Court of Human Rights
1 Mar 2001
Free Press and Fair Trial: Challenges and Change
23 Mar 2000
The Press, the Courts and the Consititution
23 Mar 1999