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Soriano v Le Point & Anor
Libel - Specific disclosure - Subscriber data
Smith v Backhouse
Enforceability and acceptance of undertakings - Settlement
Soriano v Le Point & Anor
Libel – summary judgment – strike out – serious harm
Soriano v Forensic News LLC & ors
Libel – Jurisdiction – Service Out – s.9 Defamation Act 2013 – Malicious Falsehood – s.3 Defamation Act 1952 – Loutchansky Malice – data protection – GDPR – Data Protection Act 2018 – UKGDPR – territorial applicability
Soriano v Silverstein
Libel – section 9 Defamation Act 2013 – jurisdiction – service out – forum conveniens – service gateways – centre of interests
Sahota v Middlesex Broadcasting Corporation Ltd & Ors
Defamatory meaning - Foreign language television broadcast - Whether defamatory - Whether fact or opinion
Soriano v Forensic News & ors
Libel - section 9 Defamation Act 2013 - jurisdiction - service-out - forum conveniens - malicious falsehood - GDPR - data protection - establishment - extra-territoriality - service gateways - centre of interests
Sadik v Sadik
Defamation - Libel - Strike out - Summary judgment - s.9, Defamation Act 2013 - CPR r.11 - Jurisdiction - Domicile - s.1, Defamation Act 2013 - Serious harm to reputation - Jameel abuse of process
Simon v Lyder
Defamation - Libel - Appeal from Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago - Reliance upon subsequent facts - The extent which, if at all, two or more different statements made upon different occasions by the same defendant may be aggregated for the purpose of giving rise to a cause of action in defamation
Spicer v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Defamation - meaning - preliminary issue trial - bane and antidote
Serafin v Malkiewicz
Libel – public interest – truth – damages – unfair judicial treatment
Sube v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Express Newspapers (No 2)
Defamation - Defamation Act 2013, s. 1 - Serious Harm - Whether Serious Harm Requirement Can Be Met By Taking Indivual Less Serious Imputations Together Cummulatively
Sube v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Express Newspapers
Defamation - Meaning - Preliminary Issue - Serious Harm - s.1 Defamation Act 2013 - Data Protection Act 1998 - Equality Act 2010 - Harassment - Striking Out - Amendment
Stocker v Stocker
Libel – social media – meaning – justification – publication
Sloutsker v Romanova
Defamation - Assessment of damages for publications online - whether to grant an injunction against a defendant overseas- whether to proceed in the defendant's absence- whether the court needed to rule on meaning where default judgment had been entered
Sloutsker v Romanova
Defamation - libel - foreign claimant - foreign defendant - service out of the jurisdiction - whether material non disclosure - whether real and substantial tort within jurisdiction of England and Wales - whether England is the proper forum - likelihood of serious harm - service of English proceedings in Russian Federation - whether valid service effected under Hague Convention - CPR 6.40(3)
Subotic v Knezevic
Defamation - Jurisdiction - Jameel abuse
Smith v Dha
Defamation - CPR 40.7 - Death of Claimant - Abatement of Action - Power to revive
Spelman v Express Newspapers (No. 2)
Injunction - Privacy - Public Interest - Bonnard v Perryman - Minors - Article 8 - Article 10
Spelman v Express Newspapers (No.1)
Injunction - Privacy - Public Interest - Bonnard v Perryman - Anonymity of Parties - Minors - Article 8 - Article 10 - Preservation of Anonymity pending appeal
Sleeman v Panchaud
Defamation -- Injunctions - Without Notice Injunctions - Bonnard v Perryman - Practice & Procedure - s.110 Patents Act 1997 - Unauthorised Claim of Patent Rights
Spiller v Joseph
Defamation - Fair comment - Extent to which defence requires that the comment should identify the matter to which it relates
Sanders v Percy & Ministry of Justice (No 2)
Defamation - Slander - Delay - Strike out - Unless order - Relief from sanction - CPR r.3.9
Sanders v Percy & Ministry of Justice
Slander - Strike out - Slander actionable per se - Harrassment - Abuse of process - Jameel abuse
Smith v ADVFN Plc & Ors (No 2)
Defamation - Libel - Stay - Postings on internet bulletin board - Whether to be treated as libels or slanders
Seray-Wurie v Charity Commission of England and Wales
Defamation - Striking out - Summary judgment - Qualified privilege - Malice
Smith v ADVFN Plc (CA)
Defamation - Norwich Pharmacal disclosure – Defamatory material on bulletin board
Sharma v Singh & Associated Newspapers (No. 2)
Anonymity of witnesses - Allegations of sexual harassment - CPR 39.2(4) - Libel trial
Seaga v Harper
Defamation - Slander - Defences - Qualified privilege - Reynolds privilege - Statement by politician - Application of Reynolds privilege to non-media publication
Sharma v Singh & Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Defences - Justification - Lucas-Box meaning - Legitimate scope of plea of justification to a level 1 meaning - Repetition rule
Harassment - Whether conduct constituted harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Sheffield Wednesday FC & ors v Hargreaves
Defamation - Libel - Norwich Pharmacal relief - Anonymous website postings
SD Marine Ltd v Powell
Defamation - Libel - Offer of amends - Offer and acceptance - Whether offer of amends validly made and accepted - s.2 Defamation Act 1996
Sunderland Housing Company & another v Baines & others
Defamation- Libel - Harassment - Data protection - Injunctive relief - Responsibility for website - Whether injunctive relief should be granted - John Doe order
Savitchi v Moldova
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Art 10, ECHR - Defamation - Libel - Freedom of the press - Reporting statements of others - Duty to prove - Necessary in a democratic society
Steinberg v Pritchard Englefield (No 2)
Adjournments - Defamation - Summary Judgment - Appeal -Absence of party at hearing - Publication - Website
Sofola v Lloyds TSB Bank plc
Defamation - Slander - Qualified privilege - ss.13 and 14 Data Protection Act 1998 - Civil Procedure - CPR Part 3.4 - CPR Part 24 - CPR Part 52(3)(6)
Steinberg v Pritchard Englefield & other
Defamation - Libel - Appeal - Summary disposal - Sections 8 to 10 Defamation Act 1996 - Website publication to the world at large - Whether claim could be an abuse of process - Jameel v Dow Jones
Steel & Morris v United Kingdom
Libel - Unavailability of Legal Aid - Fair Trial - Corporations - Right to Sue - Burden of Proof - Damages - Article 6 - Article 10
Selisto v Finland
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Criminal defamation - Prosecution of journalist - Article 10 ECHR - Whether necessary in a democratic society
Sabou & Pircalab v Romania
Human Rights - Criminal Defamation - prosecution of journalists - whether prosecution and conviction were breaches of Articles 8,10 and 13 ECHR
Sharma v Jay & Others (No.2)
Defamation - Slander - Stay of proceedings - concurrent GMC disciplinary proceedings
Sheikha Mouza al Misnad v Azzaman Ltd & Others
Defamation - Libel - Summary disposal - CPR Part 24 - s.8 Defamation Act 1996 - Conflict of laws - Publication in multiple foreign jurisdictions - Reynolds privilege - Standards of responsible journalism
Stallwood & Stallwood v Smith
Defamation- Libel - Qualified Privilege- Summary Judgment-Part 24- Whether pre-action correspondence between a prospective litigant and a solicitor are protected by qualified privilege
Sharma v Jay & Others
Defamation- Harassment- Protection from Harassment Act 1997- Malice- Slander- Application to strike out claim for harassment and plea of malice- CPR Part 3.4 and Part 24.2
Spencer v Sillitoe and International Computers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Summary judgment - Disputed facts - Role of Jury - CPR Part 24 - s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981
Safeway v Tate
Defamation - Libel - CPR Part 24 - Summary Judgment - Right to Jury Trial - s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981
Service Corporation International plc & Anor v Channel Four Television & Anor
Copyright - Confidential information - Trespass - Funeral directors - Undercover filming for broadcast - Employee of plaintiffs - Interim injunction - Serious issue to be tried - Balance of convenience