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Jockey Club v Keightley & others
Disciplinary proceedings - betting ring - heavy betting that horse would lose - phone records showing links between gamblers and trainer - innocent explanation of calls put forward - breaches of Rules of Racing - penalty
In the case of Mariano Puerta
Sports law - Doping offence – World Anti-Doping Code - Tennis player - “No fault” and “no significant fault” defences –Effect of proportionality arguments on penalties
McKennitt v Ash (QBD)
Confidential information - Privacy - Extent to which material in public domain - Public interest defence
West Bromwich Albion FC v El-Safty
Sports law - Negligence - Contract - Surgeon - Football player - Negligent treatment ending player's career - Liability to club
Birmingham City Council v H
Care proceedings - children's welfare - publication of judgments - disclosure of medical reports into the public domain
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
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Preliminary Issue - Mode of Trial - s.69(1) Supreme Court Act 1981 - prolonged investigation of documents - s.69(3) - discretion - s.69(4) - trials of separate issues
Ascension Securities Limited v The Motley Fool Limited
Defamation - Libel - Injunction - Costs
Henry v BBC (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Qualified privilege - s.15 Defamation Act 1996 - Reynolds privilege - Reply to attack
Musa King v Telegraph Group Ltd (Costs)
Costs - Detailed assessment - Defamation - Proportionality - Conditional Fee Agreements - Success fees
Rodrigues v Portugal
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Art 10, ECHR - - Newspaper publication - Criticism of public appointment - Rival paper criticising article - Defamation - Libel - Whether sanctions necessary
Polydor & Ors v Brown & Ors
Copyright - Making available - ss.16(1)(d) & 20 Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 - Internet - Music - File-sharing - Peer-to-peer software - Ignorance of distribution - Summary judgment - Real prospect of success
Tourancheau & July v France
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Art 10, ECHR - murder - criminal proceedings pending - newspaper article about case reproducing unpublished evidence - conviction of editor and journalist - whether human rights infringed
Harper v Information Commissioner
Freedom of information - Delay beyond statutory period in responding to request - No remedial steps ordered - Whether Information Commissioner ought to have required remedial steps - Whether information held - Position of deleted electronic information
Henry v BBC
Defamation - Libel - Cost-capping orders - Conditional Fee Agreements - After-the-event insurance policies - CPR Rule 3.1 - CPR Part 26 Practice Direction
Johnson v Perot Systems Europe Ltd & Another
Defamation - Breach of contract - Negligent misstatement - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24 - Abuse of process - Fraud and dishonesty - Judicial impartiality - Justification - Qualified privilege
Brown v Mcasso Music Productions Ltd
Costs - Discretion - Part 36 Offers - Refusal to Negotiate - Copyright - Appeal from Patents County Court
Culnane v Morris & Another
Defamation - Libel - Human Rights - Political Speech -Preliminary Issue - Qualified Privilege - Election communications - s.10 Defamation Act 1952 - s.3 Human Rights Act 1998
Ratiu & Others v Conway (CA)
Defamation - Malicious falsehood - Justification - Malice - Misdirection - Withdrawing malice from jury - Damages - Fiduciary duty - Breach of confidence
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
Wakefield v Channel Four Television & Others
Defamation - Libel - Stay of proceedings - concurrent GMC disciplinary proceedings - concurrent libel proceedings - Article 6 - Right to trial within a reasonable time
Ali Erol v Turkey (No 2)
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Art 10, ECHR - Art 6, ECHR - Newspaper editor - interview - criminal proceedings for inciting racial hatred - security court - proceedings in Strasbourg continued by applicant's widow
Wirtschafts-Trend Zeitschriften-Verlags GmbH v Austria
Human rights - Freedom of expression - Art 10, ECHR - Defamation - Value judgment - Sufficient factual basis - Politician - Proportionality
Beckham & Another v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Libel - Specific Disclosure - CPR Part 31.12 - Correct Test to be Applied
Campbell v MGN Ltd (Costs) HL
Costs - Conditional Fee Agreements - Success Fee - Article 10 - Access to Justice - Article 6 - Proportionality - Cost-capping
Synthon BV v SmithKline Beecham plc
Patents – Enabling disclosure – Novelty – State of the art – Patent invalid by reason of prior disclosure which, if performed, would infringe the patent – Anti-depressants – Crystalline form – Patents Act 1977, ss. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 14
Global Projects Management Ltd & Anor v Citigroup Inc & Ors
Domain Names – Infringement – Passing off - Trade marks – Maintenance of Domain an Instrument of Fraud – Cybersquatting - ss.10(3) and 21 Trade Marks Act 1994 – Summary Judgment
R (Mullins) v Appeal Board of the Jockey Club
Judicial review - horseracing - prohibited substance - morphine - disqualification from race - prelminary issues - whether rules required proof of concentration and potential effect on horse - domestic bodies answering no - claim for judicial review - amenability - precedent
Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Trial of a Preliminary Issue on Meaning - the natural and ordinary meaning of the words complained of
Clearsprings Management Ltd v Businesslinx Ltd
Copyright - Assignment - Databases - Equitable ownership - Implied licences - Implied terms - Source codes
GMG Radio Holdings v Tokyo Project Ltd
Passing off - Confusion - Artwork - Get-up - Injunction - Serious issue for trial - Balance of justice - Damages adequate remedy
Daikin Europe N.V. v Daikin International Ltd
Company Names - Passing Off - Trade Marks - John Doe orders
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
Panday v Gordon
Defamation - Slander - Qualified privilege - Malice - Constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression - Level of damages
Jockey Club v Carter & Others
Disciplinary proceedings - jockey - betting ring - heavy betting that jockey's ride would lose - phone records showing links between gamblers and jockey - breaches of Rules of Racing - penalty
Mahfouz and another v Brisard and another
Defamation - Libel - Publication - Preliminary Issue - Whether the First Defendant was responsible in law for the publication of a translation of a Book written by him for sale in the United States
Bangoura v Washington Post & Others
Libel - Internet - Jurisdiction - Forum - Publication - Damage
Flaherty v National Greyhound Racing Club Ltd
Sport - Greyhound racing - trainer found in breach of rules by regulator - claim for declaration that regulator's decision invalid - fairness - bias - interference by court - principle of non-interference
Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd v Multiplex Constructions (UK) Ltd
Open Justice - Access by third party to pleadings - CPR Part 5.4(5)
R (Grierson) v Ofcom
Judicial review - Permission - media and entertainment - Locus - Delay - Wednesbury unreasonableness - s. 105(c) Broadcasting Act 1990
Wistbray Ltd v Creative Nature Ltd
Trade marks - Infringement - s.10(2)(b) Trade Marks Act 1994 - Summary judgment - Similarity between word mark and pictorial sign - Likelihood of confusion
A (A Local Authority) v PD & Another
Privacy – Criminal Trial - Injunction to restrain identification of defendant and victim - Children - Non-parties - Privacy - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10
Al-Koronky v Time-Life Entertainment Group Ltd & Another (QB)
Libel - Security for Costs - Claimants resident in the Sudan - Enforcement of costs - CPR Part 25.12 - CFAs - After the event insurance (ATE) - Discretion
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (CA)
Libel - Justification - Reynolds - Striking Out - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24
Laboratoires Goëmar SA v La Mer Technology Inc
Trade marks - Genuine use - Non-use - Revocation - Importation - Internal use - s.46 Trade Marks Act 1994
Sales v Stromberg & others
Unregistered designs – Breach of Confidence – Passing Off – Designs Based on Simple Geometric Shapes – Originality Test –s.213(4) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
R (Gazette Media) v Teeside Crown Court
Reporting Restrictions - Children - s.39 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 - Proper scope of order - Appeals - s.159 Criminal Justice Act 1988 - Sexual offences - Automatic restrictions - s.1(2) Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992
London General Holdings v USP Holdings plc
Copyright - Breach of Confidence - Causation of Damage - Assessment of Reasonable Notional Royalty
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v Racing UK Ltd
Sports law - TV rights contract - Agency - Authority - Media & entertainment
Leeds Rugby Ltd v Harris & Bradford Bulls Holdings Ltd
Sport - Rugby Player - Transfer from League to Union team - Contract - Option to re-acquire player - certainty - consideration - restraint of trade
Re W
Criminal trial - Injunction to restrain identification of defendant and victim - Children - Non-parties - Privacy - Article 8 - Freedom of expression - Article 10
Three Rivers Council & BCCI v Bank of England
Open Justice - In Private Hearings - Application to have judgment handed down in private - CPR Part 39.2(3) - Medical information relating to witness - Article 8 - s.11 Contempt of Court Act 1981
A v B, C & D
Privacy - Confidence - Injunctions - Likelihood of Success - Claimant having put similar information into the public domain - 'zone of privacy'
British Horse Racing Board v William Hill Organization Ltd
Database rights - Meaning of substantial investment in obtaining verification or presentation of contents of database - Sport - Horseracing
Bradley v The Jockey Club (No.3)
Sports Law - domestic disciplinary decision - disqualification -domestic appeal - period of disqualification reduced - allegation penalty excessive - High Court dismissing claim - appeal from High Court - restraint of trade - nature and standard of review
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
Société des produits Nestlé SA v Mars UK Ltd
Trade marks – Directive 89/104/EEC – Absence of distinctive character – Distinctive character acquired through use – Use as part of or in conjunction with a registered trade mark
A & B v Channel Four
Privacy - Injunctions - Covert filming of children in schools - Article 8 - Article 10 - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Steinberg v Pritchard Englefield (No 2)
Adjournments - Defamation - Summary Judgment - Appeal -Absence of party at hearing - Publication - Website
Bradley v The Jockey Club (No.2)
Permission to appeal - new point not taken below - fresh evidence - Human Rights - Article 6 ECHR - privilege against self-incrimination
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc v Grokster Ltd
USA - Copyright Infringement - Peer-to Peer Software - Liability for Third Parties' Infringement
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)
DPP v Collins
Criminal law – Telecommunications – Grossly offensive message – Test for determining whether message grossly offensive – s.127(1) Communications Act 2003
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
Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others
Defamation - Libel - Case Management Conference - Mode of Trial - Application for trial by Judge alone - s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981 - Application for meaning to be tried as a preliminary issue.
Covance Laboratories Inc v PETA Europe Ltd
Breach of confidence - Interim injunction - s.12 HRA - Public interest - Public domain
Independent News & Media v Ireland
Defamation - Libel - Damages - Ireland - Safeguards against disproportionately high jury awards at first instance and on appeal - Article 10
Jameel & Another v Times Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Statutory qualified privilege - Justification - Grounds to inquire - Case management - Striking out
McKeith v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Common sting - Justification - Reynolds privilege - Meaning - Justification - Striking out - Case management
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
Harb v King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz
Reporting restrictions - Proceedings in private - Open justice - Sovereign immunity - Maintenance
Interfact Ltd & Pablo Ltd v Liverpool City Council
Distribution of Pornography - Freedom of Expression - Article 10 - s.7(2)(c) Video Recordings Act 1984
Hyperion Records Ltd v Sawkins
Copyright - Musical works - Performing editions of non-copyright works - Subsistence of copyright - "Original" - "Musical" - s.3 CDPA 1988 - Infringement of copyright - Moral rights - Right to be identified as author - s.77 CDPA 1988
O’Riordan v DPP
Criminal law - Reporting restrictions - Human rights - Information likely to lead to identification of victim of sexual offence - Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 - Freedom of expression - Article 10 - Whether necessary in a democratic society - Whether conduct proscribed by law
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
Campbell-James v Guardian Media Group plc
Defamation - Libel - Offer of Amends - Assessment of Compensation under <A
href="http://www.bailii.org/uk/legis/num_act/da199699/s3.html"
target=_blank>s.3(5) Defamation Act 1996
Turner v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Another
Defamation - Libel - Offer of Amends - Assessment of Compensation under <A
href="http://www.bailii.org/uk/legis/num_act/da199699/s3.html"
target=_blank>s.3(5) Defamation Act 1996 - 'Burstein' plea - Whether mitigation or aggravation
Turcu v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
Libel - Justification - Video evidence - Privilege against self-incrimination - CFAs
Creative Resins International Ltd v Glasslam Europe Ltd & Others
Defamation - Libel - Solicitors - Qualified Privilege - Protection of client's interests - Malice - Summary Judgment - CPR Part 24
Mahfouz & Ors v Ehrenfeld & Anor
Defamation - Libel - Judgment in default - Summary disposal - ss.8-10 Defamation Act 1996 - Remedies - Damages - Injunction - Declaration of falsity
Deloitte & Touche v Dickson & Others
Breach of confidence - Injunction - Public Interest - Press statements - Article 10 - Article 8
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.4)
Defamation - Libel - Claim dismissed following trial of the action - Defence of justification upheld - Whether costs should follow the event - Whether costs should be assessed on standard or indemnity basis - Whether interest should be awarded - Whether Claimant should have permission to appeal
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.3)
Defamation - libel - justification – trial of the action - meaning- whether the plea of justification succeeded
Jockey Club v Carphone Warehouse Ltd
Sports Law- Jockey Club investigation – third party disclosure – Norwich Pharmacal jurisdiction – Article 8
Crossland v Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Slander - Malicious Falsehood - Malice - Qualified Privilege - Harassment - Summary Judgment - Part 24
Fraser-Woodward Ltd v BBC & Brighter Pictures Ltd
Copyright - Photographs - Fair dealing - Criticism and Review - Sufficient Acknowledgement - Incidental Inclusion
Rackham v Sandy & Others (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Trial - Qualified Privilege - Malice - Damages
Chief Constable of Greater Manchester v Channel 5 Broadcast Ltd
Contempt of court - Broadcasting - Criminal investigation - Interim injunction - Whether substantial risk of serious prejudice - s.2(2) Contempt of Court Act 1981 - Appeal
Turcu v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - abuse of process - lack of evidence from Claimant - CFA agreements - inference of desire for vindication - summary judgment - mode of trial
Practice Direction (Applications for Reporting Restriction Orders)
Family Division - Reporting Restriction Orders - Applications in High Court - Notifying Respondents - Without Notice Orders - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Practice Note (Applications for Reporting Restriction Orders)
Family Division - Reporting Restriction Orders - Applications in High Court - Notifying Respondents - Without Notice Orders - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Matadeen v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Costs capping - Conditional Fee Agreements
Jockey Club v Matthew Batchelor
Sports Law - Disciplinary Tribunal - Breach of the Orders and Rules of Racing - Rule 220(viii) - Deliberately misleading Jockey Club investigating officers - Financial penalty
Milne v David Price Solicitors & Advocates
Costs - Defamation - Conditional Fee Agreements - Settlement on terms not amounting to 'win' - Termination - Entitlement of solicitor to basic charges
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
Collins Stewart Limited & Another v The Financial Times Ltd (No 2)
Defamation - libel - corporate claimant - aggravated damages - further articles repeating (in part) sting of original libel
Friend v Civil Aviation Authority & Others
Malicious falsehood - Breach of contract - Inducement to breach contract - Unlawful means conspiracy - Civil Aviation Authority - Dismissal from employment
Experience Hendrix LLC v Purple Haze Records Ltd & Others
Copyright - CDPA 1988, ss.181, 206 - 'Qualifying performance' - Retrospective legislation - Rights of co-performers - Contractual assignment of rights - 'Controlling mind' of a company
IPC Media Ltd v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Copyright - Comparative advertising - Comparative Advertising Directive - Fair dealing for purpose of criticism or review - s.30(1) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 - Fair dealing for the purpose of reporting current events - s. 30(2) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Rackham v Sandy and Others
Defamation – Libel – Mode of trial – Prolonged examination of documents – s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981
Smith v Lloyds TSB Bank Plc
Data protection - 'Data' - s.1(1) Data Protection Act 1998 - Information previously processed - Information capable of conversion to digital format - 'Personal data' - Information about company - s.7(9) Data Protection Act 1998
Steel & Morris v United Kingdom
Libel - Unavailability of Legal Aid - Fair Trial - Corporations - Right to Sue - Burden of Proof - Damages - Article 6 - Article 10
Fallon v MGN Ltd
Libel - Stay of Proceedings - Criminal Inquiry
Polanski v Conde Nast Publications Ltd (HL)
Defamation - Libel - Human Rights - Civil procedure - Civil evidence - evidence by video link - hearsay
W v Westminster City Council (No.2)
Defamation - libel - qualified privilege - malice - Human Rights - Article 8 ECHR - s. 7 & s. 8 Human Rights Act 1998
Jameel & Another v Wall Street Journal Europe (No.2) (CA)
Defamation - Libel – Reynolds privilege – Relevance of Bonnick v Morris - Presumption of damage – Presumption of falsity
Jameel (Yousef) v Dow Jones & Co. Inc.
Defamation - libel – Internet publication - presumption of damage - identification of Claimant – no real and substantial tort/abuse of process
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
Defamation - libel - justification - permission to amend - whether words complained of were capable of Chase level 3 meaning - whether Defendant can rely on Claimant's non-disclosure of relevant documents and/or misrepresentation of their content - lies probative of guilt - admission by conduct
Halis v Turkey
Criminal law - Terrorism - Dissemination of propoganda - Book review - Freedom of Expression - Article 10 - Impartial and independent tribunal - Article 6
Sciacca v Italy
Privacy - Photographs - Article 8, ECHR - Criminal investigation - Photograph of suspect released by police - Publication of photograph by newspapers - Whether interference prescribed by law