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McGee v Lewis
Libel – Harassment – Privacy – Judgment in Default – Injunctive relief
Pendragon Plc v Person(s) Unknown
Breach of Confidence – Blackmail – Injunction Against Person(s) Unknown – Application for continuation of interim injunction on return date – Default judgment – Derogations from Open Justice
The Ince Group plc v Person(s) Unknown
Interim Injunction application - Ransonware attack - Data breach - blackmail - breach of confidence - private hearing
Wan-Bissaka & Anor v Bentley
Fortescue Metals Group & anor v (1) Argus Media Ltd (2) S&P Global Inc
Breach of Confidence - Trade Secrets - Injunction - Public Interest
ZXC v Bloomberg LP
Misuse of Private Information – Breach of Confidence – Data Protection Act 1998 – Article 8 – Article 10 – criminal investigations – letter of request – journalism
BVG v LAR (No 2)
Blackmail - Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - Harassment - Summary Judgment - Final Injunction
DSM SFG Group Holdings Limited v Kelly
Breach of Confidence - Harassment - Discharge of Undertakings to the Court - The extent, if at all, that it is permissible for a litigant to rely on confidential information, obtained by covert recording of another's premises, to support a legal claim before that litigant has established the right to use that information
UKIP Ltd v Braine & Ors
Injunction - Without Notice - Blackmail - Disclosure - Breach of Confidence – s.12, Human Rights Act 1998 - Interim Non-Disclosure Orders
UUU v BBB
Blackmail - Harassment - Legitimate Expectation of Privacy - ECHR Article 8 - "Without Prejudice" privilege - Anonymity - Private Hearing - Practice Guidance: Interim Non-Disclosure Orders
Chandler v O’Connor
Libel – Twitter – Summary Relief – Defamation Act 1996 – Assessment of Damages
SOJ v JAO
Injunction - Without Notice - Private Hearing- Anonymity - Blackmail - Data Protection - Privacy - Confidentiality - s12, Human Rights Act 1998
AAA v Rakoff
Injunction - Privacy – Anonymity - Expedition
BVG v LAR (No 1)
Blackmail - Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - Harassment - Interim Injunction- Non-Disclosure Application
Linklaters LLP & Linklaters Business Services v Mellish
Breach of Confidence - Injunctions
Wafic Rida Saïd v (1) Groupe L’Express (2) Guillaume Dubois
Defamation – Jurisdiction – Serious Harm – Jameel Abuse – Online Publication - Injunction - Centre of Interests
BVC v EWF
Privacy - injunction - internet publication - jurisdiction - special jurisdiction - Lugano Convention - centre of interests
DB v General Medical Council
Data protection – personal data – whether there is rebuttal presumption against disclosure in cases of mixed personal data – Data Protection Act 1998
PML v Person(s) Unknown
Breach of Confidence – Blackmail - Injunction Against Person(s) Unknown – Application for continuation of interim injunction on return date – Derogations from Open Justice
(1) NT1 & (2) NT2 v Google LLC
"right to be forgotten" - Google Search engine - de-listing - Data Protection Act 1998 - misuse of private information - spent convictions - Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - Google Spain SL & another v Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD) and another Case C-131/12 - Article 29 Working Party Guidelines
NPV v QEL & ZED
Interim Injunction - Misuse of Private Information - Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Blackmail - Derogations from Open Justice - Anonymity - Private Hearing - Without Notice to the Defendants
Galloway v Ali-Khan
Contempt of Court - Breach of Undertakings - Whether to accept admissions
AXB v BXA
Harassment – Misuse of Private Information – Deceit – Anonymity – Injunction
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
Breach of Confidence - Injunction Against Person(s) Unknown - Application for Default Judgment and permanent injunction on paper - CPR 23.8 - Derogations from Open Justice
Shakil Khan (formerly JMO) v Tanweer Khan (formerly KTA)
Harassment – Protection from Harassment Act 1997 – Interim Injunction – Anonymity – Freedom of Expression
Clarkson Plc v Person or Persons Unknown
Injunction - Breach of Confidence - Return Date - Derogations from Open Justice
Al-KO Kober Ltd & Anor v Balvinder Sambhi
Interim injunction - malicious falsehood - Bonnard v Perryman - data protection - order under s10 DPA
Mionis v Democratic Press SA and others
Appeal - Defamation - Article 10 of the European Convention - Section 12, Human Rights Act 1998 - Settlement - Whether Judge below was correct to have refused application to lift a stay in the proceedings imposed by a Tomlin Order
Howell v South London Church Fund and Southwark Diocesan Board of Finance
Application for pre-action disclosure and interim injunction in libel claim
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Limited & another
Appeal - Interim Injunction – Breach of Confidence – Public Interest – Prior Restraint – Open Justice
Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP v Reuters Ltd, Maiya Keidan & Persons Unknown
Interim Injunction - Breach of Confidence – Public Interest – Prior Restraint – Open Justice
Bains, Kazan-Allen & VNP v Moore, K2 Intelligence Ltd & Bigazzi
Breach of Confidence- Misuse of Private Information - Breach of statutory duty under the Data Protection Act 1998 - Interim Remedies - Delivery Up - Procedure - need for Particulars of Claim
Alcott v Ashworth (No. 2)
1980 Hague Convention - Children Act 1989 - Administration of Justice Act 1960 - Open Justice - Transparency - Family Courts - child abduction - privacy injunctions - reporting the courts - contempt of court
(1) Pippa Middleton (2) James Matthews v Persons Unknown
Injunction - persons unknown - misuse of private information - data protection - breach of confidence - copyright
AQA v Newsquest & ors
Injunctions - Misuse of Private Information - Without Notice - section 12 Human Rights Act - Open Justice - Coroners' Court
Cartier International AG v BSkyB (CA)
Injunctions – s.37 Senior Courts Act 1981 – web-blocking – trade marks – intellectual property – EU law – Norwich Pharmacal orders - costs
PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd (SC)
PJS v News Group Newspapers – Privacy – Injunction – Court of Appeal – Article 8 – Article 10 – Sun on Sunday – Publicity - Permission to Appeal - Appeal - Supreme Court - whether to uphold decision of Court of Appeal to discharge interim injunction
PJS v News Group Newspapers (2)
PJS v News Group Newspapers - Privacy - Injunction - Court of Appeal - Article 8 - Article 10 - Sun on Sunday - Publicity
Monarch Airlines Ltd v Yaqub
Harassment - Injunction - Protection from Harassment Act 1997
PJS v News Group Newspapers
Privacy - Injunction - Misuse of Private Information - Article 8 - Article 10 - Balancing exercise - Correcting the Record - Rights of Children
Brand & Goldsmith v Berki
Summary judgment granted in harassment claim
JPH v XYZ (No 2)
Privacy - injunction - revenge porn - anonymity - Article 8 ECHR - Article 10 ECHR - unless order - debarring order
JPH v XYZ (No 1)
Privacy - without notice injunction - "revenge porn" - disclosure order - service by email
Cheshire West and Chester Council v Pickthall
Interim Injunction - Protection from Harassment Act 1997- Article 10 - whether to grant an interim injunction to prevent the defendant harassing the claimants and others by publication of allegations and abusive remarks - whether the claimants are likely to succeed at trial in defeating the defendant's defence of preventing or detecting crime
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
National Farmers’ Union v Tiernan
Contempt of Court - Animal Rights Protesters - Anti-Harassment Injunction -Breach of Injunction - Committal Proceedings - Infringement of Article 6 (right to a fair trial) - availability of legal aid - privilege against self incrimination
Rhodes (previously “MLA”) v OPO
Elements of the tort of Wilkinson v Downton - interim injunction - article 10 - freedom of expression - whether Wilkinson v Downton should operate to prohibit a writer from telling a true autobiographical account of his upbringing which risks causing psychological harm to his son
YXB v TNO
Footballer refused injunction over alleged blackmail plot
CG v Facebook Ireland Ltd
Privacy - harassment - online publication - Facebook - publicising sex offender's identity and whereabouts - injunction - take-down
Kerner v (1) WX and (2) YZ
Harassment – Injunction – Section 12 HRA – Freedom of expression – Practice Guidance
Wilson v Ferguson
Al Hamadani v Al Khafaf and others
Protection from Harassment Act 1997 – Course of conduct – Joint enterprise - Injunctions - Relief from sanctions – witness statements
QRS v Beach (No. 3)
Harassment - injunction - default judgment - setting aside default judgment
Mionis v Democratic Press SA
Defamation - Libel - Foreign Parties - Settlement of Action by way of Tomlin Order - Whether contractual undertakings restricting freedom of expression had been breached - Whether contractual undertakings restricting freedom of expression should be coverted into an injunction - Whether an inquiry as to damages should be ordered - Applications for Derogations from Open Justice - Hearing in Private- Restrictions on Access to Papers
Mahmood v BBC
Privacy - Interim Injunction - Articles 2, 3, 8 and 10 of the European Convention - Permission to Appeal - Whether Permission to Appeal should be given to appeal judgment below - Whether there was a risk to the applicant's life from showing his appearance on a television programme
Coulson v Wilby
Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - interim injunction - online publications
OPO (a child by BHM his litigation friend) v MLA
Injunction application - misuse of private information - negligence - Wilkinson v Downton - psychiatric harm - jurisdiction
QRS v Beach
Harassment – Interim Injunction – online publication – service – Civil Procedure Rules
Ampito Ltd v Pask
Application for an interim injunction in respect of alleged harassment via email, message boards and social media websites.
Merlin Entertainments LPC and others v Peter Cave
Harassment – interim injunction – freedom of expression – Human Rights Act – Bonnard v Perryman
QRS v Beach (No. 2)
Harassment - injunction - default judgment - permanent injunction - anonymity - representative proceedings
Brand v Berki
Harassment - injunction - Article 10 - s12 HRA - balance of convenience
AVB v TDD
Privacy – Harassment – Breach of Confidence – Breach of Contract - Damages - Injunction
Ashworth v Royal National Theatre
Interim relief- specific performance- freedom of expression- breach of contract
Ambrosiadou v Coward
Privacy - final injunctions - third parties - Spycatcher
RocknRoll v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Injunction - Expectation of Privacy - Public Figure - Public Domain - Public Interest
Hussein & Ors v Hamilton Franks & Co Ltd & Anr
Defamation - default judgment - meaning - injunction - damages
McClaren v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - misuse of private information - interim injunction - public figure - public interest - kiss and tell
King v Sunday Newspapers Ltd
King- Sunday Newspapers- Northern Ireland- personal injury- harassment- misuse of private information- Article 2 ECHR- Article 3 ECHR- Article 8 ECHR- costs order appeal- basis of costs order- injunction- damages
WXY v Gewanter
WXY- Gewanter- Positive Profile- Burby- injunction- privacy- harassment- confidentiality- terms of draft order- whether information has entered the public domain- identity of claimant- fade factor- disclosure of persons to whom documents published- disclosure of funders of litigation
Contostavlos v Mendahun
Interim Injunction - Privacy - Video footage - Internet
BUQ v HRE
misuse of private information- employment tribunals - interim non-disclosure order - issue of proceedings - right to a fair trial - right to respect for private life
Giggs (previously known as CTB) v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - misuse of private information - CPR 3.9 - strike out - relief from sanction - procedure
Gold v Cox (No.2)
Confidentiality - misuse of private information - interim injunction - adjourned hearing - form of proviso to injunction - burden of proof
Spelman v Express Newspapers (No. 2)
Injunction - Privacy - Public Interest - Bonnard v Perryman - Minors - Article 8 - Article 10
Viagogo Ltd v (1) Paul Myles (2) Hardcash Productions (3) Channel Four Corporation
Breach of confidence - Interim Injunction - Commercial confidence - Employment contract - Express confidentiality clause - Surreptitious filming - Secret filming - Public Interest
Gold v Cox (No.1)
Confidentiality - misuse of private information - interim injunction - procedure
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
Cooper v Turrell
Libel - breach of confidence - misuse of private information - assessment of damages - injunctions
STU v UVW
Misuse of private information - interim injunction - anonymity - open justice
(1) Ting Lan Hong (2) Child KLM v XYZ & Ors
Harassment - Interim Injunction - Application without Notice - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 s.1(1)(a)
Sleeman v Panchaud
Defamation -- Injunctions - Without Notice Injunctions - Bonnard v Perryman - Practice & Procedure - s.110 Patents Act 1997 - Unauthorised Claim of Patent Rights
Hutcheson v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Injunction - Public interest - s 12(3) Human Rights Act
Araci v Fallon
Sport - horseracing - jockey - 1 year retainer contract - request to ride C's horse in Epsom Derby - anticipatory breach - contract for services - express negative obligations - injunction - whether injunction oppressive - whether damages an adequate remedy
CTB v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Misuse of private information - Article 8, European Convention on Human Rights - Interim injunction - Blackmail - Anonymity - Public domain
Mosley v UK
Article 8, ECHR - Right to respect for private life - Victim status - Domestic remedies - Positive obligations - Availability of injunctive relief - Margin of appreciation - No violation
OPQ v BJM
Privacy - Human Rights - Injunctive relief - Injunctions - Spycatcher - Contra mundum - third parties - media
Goldsmith & Anor v BCD; Khan v BCD
Privacy - Injunction – Anonymity order – 'Super-injunction' – Article 8 ECHR - Failure to serve proceedings on defendant – Breach of undertaking - Final order
Hirschfeld v McGrath
Misuse of private information - Confidentiality - Marital confidences - Injunction - Consent order - Undertakings - Anonymity - Reporting proceedings
JIH v News Group Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Injunction - Anonymity order - Privacy - Misuse of private information - Open justice - Article 8 ECHR - Article 10 ECHR - Reporting restrictions
CDE v MGN Ltd
Privacy - Breach of confidence - Interim injunction - Article 8 ECHR - Right to private life - Article 10 ECHR - Freedom of expression - Public interest - Balancing exercise - Anonymity of parties
XJA v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Injunction – Anonymity order – Privacy – Misuse of private information – Open justice – Articles 8, 10 ECHR
KGM v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - injunction - public interest - threat to publish
KJH v HGF
Privacy - Interim injunction - Anonymisation - Blackmail
JIH v News Group Newspapers (No 2)
Injunction - Anonymity order - Privacy - Misuse of private information - Open justice - Articles 8, 10 ECHR
Donald v Ntuli
Privacy - Injunctions - Arts 8 and 10 ECHR - Anonymity of parties - Non-disclosure of fact of injunction
Gray v UVW
Privacy - Injunction - Anonymity - Undertakings - ECHR, Articles 8, 10
AMM v HXW
Privacy - Interim injuction - Blackmail - Anonymity - European Convention on Human Rights, Articles 8, 10
Farrall v Kordowski
Libel - Interim injunction - Freedom of expression - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 10, ECHR - 'Solicitors from Hell' website
BBC v HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Interim injunction – Confidential information - Human Rights Act 1998, s.12(3) – Likelihood of establishing at trial that publication should not be allowed – Public domain
TUV v Persons Unknown
Ex parte injunctions - Privacy - "Persons unknown" - Service on media defendants
Terry (previously ‘LNS’) v Persons Unknown
Interim injunctions - Privacy - Confidence - Articles 6, 8 and 10, ECHR - Human Rights Act, s 12(3) - CPD25PD
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v BBC
Injunctions - Private and confidential information - Threat to publish - CPR PD 25 - Human Rights Act 1998, s 12
Re Ward; sub nom Dr A & Others v Ward & Ward
Care Proceedings - Anonymity - Expert witnesses - Contra mundum injunctions - Publication of information relating to the proceedings - s.12 Administration of Justice Act 1960 - Article 8 - Privacy
BKM Ltd v BBC
Injunctions - Privacy - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Human Rights Act 1998, ss. 12(3) and (4)
Lonzim Plc & others v Sprague
Defamation - Slander - Libel - Publication - Extent of publication - Internet publication - Abuse of process - Striking out - Summary judgment - Foreign publisher - Aggravated damages - Striking out - No real damage - Vindication - Injunction - Proportionality
Martin v Channel Four Television Corporation & Others
Interim injunctions - Privacy - Contract - Human Rights Act 1998, s.12 - CPR 25.2(2)(b)
Bloom v Robinson-Millar
Defamation - Libel - Harassment - Trial of action - Neighbour dispute - Publication of letters over a long period - Whether course of conduct was harassment of claimant - Damages
RST v UVW
Article 10 - Freedom of expression - Article 8 - Respect for privacy - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998 - Privacy – Confidence – Interim injunction
Napier & Another v Pressdram Ltd
Breach of confidence - injunction - disciplinary investigations - privacy - Legal Services Ombudsman - s.23 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 - s. 44D & s. 44E Solicitors Act 1974 - Legal Services Act 2007
Re Stedman & Patten (& Others)
Reporting restrictions - Family - Children - Injunctions - Article 10 - Freedom of expression - Article 8 - Respect for privacy and family life - Public domain - 'Canute' principle - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Barclays Bank PLC v Guardian News & Media Ltd
Breach of confidence - Injunction - Documents available on internet - Whether documents remained confidential - Human Rights Act 1998, s.12(4) - Freedom of expression - Public interest - Whether injunction proportionate interference with right
WER v REW
Privacy - Injunctions - Evidence about allegedly private information - Truth or falsity - Public domain - Notification of media - Spycatcher principle
Medway Council v G and Others
Care proceedings – s.12, Administration of Justice Act 1960 – Publication of judgments - Identification of local authority - Articles 8 and 10, European Convention on Human Rights
Mond & Ors v Mason & Ors
Libel - Malicious falsehood - Causing loss by unlawful means - Freezing order - Good arguable case - Real risk of removal or disposal of assets - Injunction restraining publication
P & Others v Quigley
Misuse of private information - False information - Article 8 - Article 10 - Injunctive relief - Breach of contract
Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 1)
Privacy - Injunction - Footage of sexual activities - Public interest - Public domain
Commissioner of Police of Bermuda & Anor v Bermuda Broadcasting Co Ltd & Ors
Breach of confidence - Public interest - Media law - Freedom of the press - Police investigations - Injunctive relief - Allegations of corruption
Northern Rock PLC v Financial Times Limited & Others
Confidence - contract - interim injunction - public domain - public interest
T (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) v BBC
Injunction – Privacy - Vulnerable adult – Inability to consent – Right to private life - Right to freedom of expression - Articles 8, 10 ECHR
Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd & Others v Vetplus Ltd (CA)
Prior restraint – Interim Injunctions – Human Rights Act section 12(3) – European Convention on Human Rights Article 10 – Comparative Advertising – Libel – Malicious Falsehood – Trade Marks
Smithkline Beecham & Others v Avery & Webb
Injunction - Interim Injunction - Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act
RWE NPower v Carrol & Others
Harassment - Trespass - Injunction - Representative Capacity of Defendant - CPR 19.6(4) - Enforcement of Order - Power of Arrest under Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd & Others v Vetplus Ltd (ChD)
Prior restraint – Interim Injunctions – Human Rights Act section 12(3) – European Convention on Human Rights Article 10 – Comparative Advertising – Libel – Malicious Falsehood – Trade Marks
Browne v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Privacy - Injunction - Freedom of expression - Breach of confidence - Articles 8,10 ECHR - s.12 HRA 1998
Re Ward; BBC v CAFCASS Legal & Ors
Reporting restrictions - Care proceedings - s. 12 Adminstration of Justice Act 1960 - Disclosure - Anonymised judgments - Contra mundum order to protect medical expert witnesses, treating doctors, social workers and other witnesses in care proceedings - Interim orders - Practice and procedure - s. 12 Human Rights Act 1998 -Duration of order - Requirement of notice
Huntingdon Life Sciences Group plc v Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
Harassment - Injunction - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Representative Parties - CPR 19.6
Browne v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Article 8 ECHR - Article 10 ECHR - Business information - Interim injunction - Prior restraint - Section 12 HRA 1998 - Contempt of court
Verlagsgruppe News GmbH v Austria (No.2)
Privacy- Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Publication of photographs - Criminal proceedings - Copyright -Injunctions
CC v AB
Privacy - Confidence - Injunctions - Article 8 - Article 10 - Freedom of Expression - Harassment
X & Y v Persons Unknown
Privacy - Confidence - Injunctions - Application to Discharge - "John Doe" Orders - Notification of media
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O’Neill
Defamation – Injunctive relief – Plea of justification – Restraint on publication
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
Clayton v Clayton
Reporting Restrictions - Family Division - Section 97 Children Act 1989 - Section 1 Children Act 1989 - Prohibited Steps Order
John v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Article 8, ECHR - Breach of confidence - Injunction - Photographs - Photograph of Claimant in public street
Adidas-Salomon AG v Draper & others
Sport - Tennis - Competition Law - Arts 81, 82 Treaty of Rome - Players' Dress Regulations - Manufacturer's Logo - Injunction Application - Defendants' Summary Judgment Application
Mahmood v Galloway & McKay
Freedom of expression - Privacy - Articles 2, 8, and 10, European Convention on Human Rights - Interim injunction - Photographs - Internet
HRH The Prince of Wales v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No 3)
Breach of Confidence - Privacy - Copyright - Public Interest - Fair Dealing - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24 - Injunction - Delivery Up - Damages
Howlett v Holding (No. 4)
Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Injunction - Interim injunction - Permanent injunction - Private life - Freedom of expression - Articles 8 & 10 ECHR - Defamatory allegations on banners and leaflets - Covert surveillance
Wirtschafts-Trend Zeitschriften-Verlagsgesellschaft v Austria (No.3)
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Art 10, ECHR - Defamation - Meaning - Criminal offence - Public interest/public figure - Photograph - Injunction
BBC v Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, X and Y
Privacy - Anonymity - Social workers - Family proceedings - Injunction to restrain identification - Article 8, ECHR - Freedom of expression - Article 10, ECHR
Ascension Securities Limited v The Motley Fool Limited
Defamation - Libel - Injunction - Costs
Cray v Hancock & Another
Libel - Publication - Justification - Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Damages - Injunction - Negligence - Breach of Duty - Solicitor
Taylor v Rive Droit Music Ltd
Music law - Contract - Music publishing agreement - Contradictory and inconsistent terms - Duration of agreement - Infringement - Meaning of 'composition' - Implied terms - Positive and negative obligations - Unlawful interference with goods - Allegations of dishonesty
Daikin Europe N.V. v Daikin International Ltd
Company Names - Passing Off - Trade Marks - John Doe orders
Re W
Criminal trial - Injunction to restrain identification of defendant and victim - Children - Non-parties - Privacy - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10
A v B, C & D
Privacy - Confidence - Injunctions - Likelihood of Success - Claimant having put similar information into the public domain - 'zone of privacy'
Georgallides v Etzin
Harassment - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - interim injunction - whether application for injunction for harassment was an attempt to circumvent rule in Bonnard v Perryman - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998- articles 8 and 10 - width of injunction
A & B v Channel Four
Privacy - Injunctions - Covert filming of children in schools - Article 8 - Article 10 - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
X v BBC and Lion Television Ltd
Injunction - Privacy - Article 8 - Confidence - Freedom of expression - Article 10 - s.12(3), Human Rights Act 1998 - Broadcasting
Covance Laboratories Inc v PETA Europe Ltd
Breach of confidence - Interim injunction - s.12 HRA - Public interest - Public domain
E v Channel Four & Another
Injunctions - Inherent jurisdiction - Capacity to consent to participation in television programme - Whether in subject's best interests - Balance between Article 10 and Article 8
Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No 8) (CA)
Privacy - Confidence - Transferability of rights of privacy/ confidence - Economic torts - Test of intention as an ingredient of economic torts - Test of causation of damage - Interim injunctions - Whether damages adequate remedy
Green Corns Ltd v Claverley Group Ltd
Privacy - Injunction - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Public domain - Public interest - Addresses of children's care homes
Deloitte & Touche v Dickson & Others
Breach of confidence - Injunction - Public Interest - Press statements - Article 10 - Article 8
Greene v Associated Newspapers Ltd & Another
Defamation - Injunction - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998 - Likelihood of success - Threshold for grant of injunction - Bonnard v Perryman test
News Group Newspapers Ltd v Douglass Consultancy Services Ltd
Copyright - Photographs - Website - Interim Injunction
Cream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee & Others (HL)
Human Rights - Breach of confidence - Injunction - interim relief - Freedom of expression - s.12(3) Human Rights Act 1998 - Real Prospect of Success
Carr v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Others
Injunctive Relief - Confidence - Threats to Kill - ECHR - Article 2 - Article 3 - Article 8 - Article 10 - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Tillery Valley Foods Ltd v Channel Four Television Corpn & Another
Confidential Information - Defamation - Injunction - Secret Footage - Employee- Duty of Confidentiality - Breach of Contract
Re X & Y
Privacy - Injunctions - Reporting restrictions - Children
Coys Limited v Autocherish Limited & others
Defamation - Libel - interim injunction - website publication - s.12(3) Human Rights Act 1998 - Rule in Bonnard v Perryman - test to be applied
Fayed v BBC
Contract - TV programme - Prior approval - Interim Injunction
Attorney General v MGN Ltd
Confidential information - breach of confidence - Human Rights - employment contract - whether a contractual duty of confidence should be given more weight than an implied duty- interim injunction
One Honest Man Inc v BBC
Broadcasting - Contract - Injunction - Human Rights - whether the claimant should be granted an injunction
D v L
Privacy - Confidence - Injunction - Consent - European Convention on Human Rights - Article 10 - Freedom of Expression - Article 8 - Respect for private life - public domain
In re S (A Child) (CA)
Family law - Reporting restrictions - Inherent jurisdiction - Injunctions - Human rights - Privacy - Article 8 ECHR - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR
Associated Newspapers Ltd & Another v Express Newspapers
Intellectual property - Passing off - Trade mark infringement - Trade mark validity - Injunction - Clarity of proposed use
Maris & Others v Walsh
Defamation - Libel - breach of confidence - threat to publish -interim injunction.
Bloomsbury Publishing Group Ltd v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
Intellectual property - Copyright - injunction - whether an injunction could be obtained against an unnamed party -John Doe injunction
Miller Brewing Company v The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company
Trade Marks - Infringement - Detention of infringing goods by customs authorities - Application for statutory delivery up - Notice of Application served on all those having an interest in the goods - Whether applications under ss. 16 and 19 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 can be made in the same proceedings - Whether third party should be protected under cross undertaking in damages - Whether second defendant an importer
X (formerly known as Mary Bell) & Y v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Ors
Anonymity Order - Lifetime Injunction to restrain identification - Breach of Confidence - Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 2 - Article 8 - Article 10 - whether the applicants' exceptional circumstances warranted the grant of lifetime protection contra mundum
Mersey Care NHS Trust v Ackroyd (No.1) (CA)
Disclosure of journalistic source - Public interest defence - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR- Section 10 Contempt of Court Act 1981 - Summary judgment
Bloomsbury Publishing Group Ltd v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Others
Intellectual property - Copyright - Confidence - Conversion - Injunctions - whether an injunction could be granted against an unnamed person -John Doe injunction
Covance Laboratories v J
Breach of confidence - public domain - corporate documents - whether internet publication defeated claim in confidence - injunctions
Cream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee & Another (CA)
Breach of confidence - Injunction - Freedom of expression - s.12(3) Human Rights Act 1998 - Real Prospect of Success
Attorney General v Punch Ltd & Another
Contempt of court – Criminal contempt – Human Rights - Intention to interfere with course of justice – Breach of injunction by person not party to action
Lakah Group and Lakah v Al Jazeera and Mansour (No 2)
Contempt of court - Committal - Foreign citizens - Non-resident parties
Jockey Club v Buffham
Confidential information - breach of confidence - final injunction against defendant - third party applying to use documents confidential to the claimant obtained from defendant - whether use of such documents by third party a contempt of court
Psychology Press Limited v Nelson Thornes Limited & Another
Publishing contract - restrictive covenant - author's right to freedom of expression - article 10 - injunction
A v B plc (Flitcroft v MGN Ltd)
Breach of confidence - Privacy - Interim injunction - Public Interest - Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 10 - guidelines to be considered on interim applications - public figures - role models - section 12 Human Rights Act 1998
H v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Confidence - Privacy - Human Rights - Injunction - HIV - Medical records - Data Protection Act 1998
Ludlow Music Ltd v Williams & Others (No.2)
Intellectual property - Copyright - Song lyrics - Infringement -Remedies - Damages - Additional damages - Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, s.97(2) - Injunction
Sony Computer Entertainment v Owen
Intellectual property - Copyright - Infringement - Injunction - Additional Statutory Damages - s.97(2) Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988 - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24
RWD Technologies Ltd v Gibbs & Others
Intellectual property - confidential information - employment law - copyright - without notice order - discharge for non-disclosure - injunction
ABC v Lenah Game Meats
Confidence - privacy - interim injunction -Australian law
Radio Taxicabs (London) Ltd v Owner Drivers Radio Taxi Services Ltd
Intellectual property - Passing off - Instrument of fraud - Domain name - Injunction - delivery up
Medway Council v BBC
Family - Reporting Restrictions - Injunction - Children
Hamilton v Milroy-Sloan
Defamation- Libel - Injunctive Relief- Asset freezing order
London Regional Transport v Mayor of London
Breach of confidence - Contract - Injunction - public interest- Human Rights
Mills v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Injunction - Privacy - Confidence - Press Complaints Commission Code of Conduct - European Convention on Human Rights - Article 10 - Article 8 - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Attorney General v Times Newspapers Ltd and others
Confidential information – breach of confidence – public interest – public domain - injunctive relief - Article 10 ECHR - s 12 HRA
Imutran Ltd v Uncaged Campaigns Ltd
Confidential information - copyright - animals - medical research - experiments - interim injunctive relief - s12 Human Rights Act - standard of proof for interim injunction - public interest - democratic society making arrangements to secure public interest
Venables & Thompson v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Confidential information - Disclosure - Injunction - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Douglas v Hello! Ltd
Breach of confidence - Injunction - Privacy - Human Rights Act 1998, s.12(3) - ECHR, Art 10 - ECHR, Art 8
Ludlow Music Inc v Williams & Others
Intellectual property - Copyright - Song lyrics - Infringement - Substantial part - Summary judgment - Remedies
Trinity Mirror plc & Another v Punch Ltd
Intellectual property - Copyright - Confidence - Injunction - Delivery up - Protection of Sources - s.10 Contempt of Court Act 1981
Parker v Rasalingham
Injunctions - consent order - breach - legal advice - damages
WH Smith v Colman
Trade Marks - Infringement - Passing off - Registration of Internet Domain Name - Admissibility of without prejudice correspondence
Service Corp International plc & Anor v Channel Four Television Corp & Anor
Undercover filming - employee - trespass - copyright - equitable ownership - breach of confidence - interim injunction - freedom of expression - balance of convenience - delay - discretion
Nicholls v BBC
Interlocutory injunction preventing broadcast of programme - breach of confidence - injunction granted ex parte, then discharged - appeal by plaintiff
Re G (Celebrities: Publicity)
Family proceedings - press restrictions - celebrities - prohibition on taking or publishing photographs of children - prohibition on parents communicating with news media about each other or about children - prohibition on publishing order or summary of order - application by newspaper to discharge or vary court's order to permit publication of summary of court's decision
Bunn v BBC
Confidentiality - statement under caution - proposed publication - interim injunction application - public domain - public interest - iniquity
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
Holley v Smyth
Defamation - libel - interim injunction - justification - whether motive of publisher relevant
M v BBC
Broadcasting - Private proceedings - Jurisdiction - Injunction - s.12(1)(a) Administration of Justice Act 1960
Goodwin v United Kingdom
Freedom of expression - Contempt of Court Act 1981 s.10 - Article 10 of ECHR - disclosure of journalist's source
Essex County Council v Mirror Group Newspapers Limited
Children - newspaper publication - local authority application for disclosure orders - leave to apply - s100 Children Act 1989
Tolstoy Miloslavsky v United Kingdom
Defamation - Libel - Freedom of expression - article 10- access to court - artcile 6- quantum of libel damages - injunction restraining further publication - security for costs order
Time Warner v Channel 4 Television
Intellectual property - Copyright - film - whether use of clips for television programme an infringement or fair dealing - interim injunction
Prowess Racing Ltd v Jason Plato
Motor racing - contract - racing driver intending to change teams - injunction - restraint of trade - rule against penalties
Kaye v Robertson & Sport Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - Malicious falsehood - Trespass - Whether cause of action available to the plaintiff - Photographs - Injunctions
In re a Company’s Application
Confidential information - public interest - iniquity - proposal to disclose allegations to regulator
Attorney-General v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Contempt of court - publication - injunction - risk of prejudice to forthcoming libel trial