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Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd (No.3)
Libel - Damages - Defendant's conduct - Deterrence - Vindication
Fox v Boulter (disclosure)
Libel - specific disclosure - non-party disclosure - CPR 31.12 - CPR 31.17
Marine A v Guardian News and Media
Reporting restrictions - identification - open justice - courts martial - Article 8 - Article 10
P (A Child)
Reporting restrictions - family courts - identification - Article 8 - Article 10
Ungvary v Hungary
Defamation - fact and comment - Article 8 - Article 10
Mitchell MP v News Group Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Cost Budgeting - Rules, practice directions and Court Orders - Relief from sanctions - CPR 51D - CPR 3.14 - CPR 3.9
Krause v Newsquest Media Group Ltd
court reports - absolute privilege - defamatory meaning - abuse of process - Gender Recognition Act 2004
Rufus v Elliott
Defamation - Libel – Meaning – Innuendo - Capability
Briggs v Jordan
Libel – meaning – natural and ordinary meaning – innuendo meaning – breach of confidence – misuse of private information – strike out – Jameel abuse
PNM v Times Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - identification - criminal proceedings - reporting restrictions - open justice - article 8 - article 10
Shozab Abbas v Nawa-I-Jang (17 October 2013)
£95,000 damages awarded over article published in popular Urdu newspaper
Subotic v Knezevic
Defamation - Jurisdiction - Jameel abuse
Karpov v Browder
Libel - strike out - Jameel abuse - forum - proof of loss - justification
Delfi AS v Estonia
Defamation - human rights - user-generated content - online publishers - user comments - freedom of expression - right to reputation
von Hannover v Germany (No. 3)
Privacy - human rights - public interest - public figure - debate of general interest - photographs
Robyn Rihanna Fenty v Arcadia Group Brands Ltd (T/A Topshop)
passing off - t-shirt - intellectual property - goodwill
Cruddas v Calvert & Others (No.4)
Libel - Malicious Falsehood - subterfuge - covert recording - Press Complaints Commission Code of Conduct - Public Interest - Justification - s.5 Defamation Act 1952 - Malice - Intention to Injure - Falsity - s.3 Defamation Act 1952 - Damages - Aggravated Damages
Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
Defamation - libel - natural and ordinary meaning - innuendo - Chase Levels - meaning as a preliminary issue - online publication
Ministry of Justice v Information Commissioner
Freedom of Information - Information relating to infraction proceedings - grounds of exemption - public interest
Surrey County Council v Al-Hilli and the Chief Constable of Surrey
Reporting Restrictions - Family Court
Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Phone Hacking - disclosure - Norwich Pharmacal order
Hunt v Times Newspapers Ltd (No. 5)
Libel - justification - Reynolds Privilege - s.5 Defamation Act 1952
Cruddas v Calvert & Others (No.3)
Libel - Malicious Falsehood - Trial Judge reversed by Court of Appeal in relation to pre-trial ruling - Recusal application - appearance of bias
Cruddas v Calvert & Others (No.2) (CA)
Libel - Malicious Falsehood - Single-meaning rule - Determination of meaning for purposes of libel and malicious falsehood claims - justification - striking out
AVB v TDD
Privacy – injunction – undertakings – return date – progress of action
Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Co v Al Refai
Defamation - Conspiracy - Joint Tortfeasorship - Summary judgment - Defamatory website - Liability for publication where defendant did not know precise words to be published
Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc v Aviation News Ltd
Libel – defamatory meaning – malicious falsehood – meaning in malicious falsehood - statements of opinion – Jameel abuse
Fox v Boulter
Defamation - Libel – Meaning – Innuendo - Trial of meaning as preliminary issue
Cruddas v Calvert & Others (No.2)
Libel - Malicious Falsehood - Single-meaning rule - Determination of meaning for purposes of libel and malicious falsehood claims - justification - striking out
Evidence - admissibility of evidence of the meaning understood by publishes in malicious falsehood actions.
The Lord McAlpine of West Green v Sally Bercow
Defamation - Meaning – Natural and Ordinary Meaning – Innuendo – Repetition Rule - Social Media
AAA v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Privacy - injunction - expectation of privacy - public interest - best interest of child
Cruddas v Calvert
Libel - Malicious Falsehood - Amendments to Particulars of Claim - Malice - Aggravated Damages - Jury Trial
Smith v Dha
Defamation - CPR 40.7 - Death of Claimant - Abatement of Action - Power to revive
Thompson v James and Carmarthenshire County Council
Libel – justification – honest comment – qualified privilege – malice - public authorities – Article 8 HRA – Derbyshire v Times Newspapers – Part 20 claim - damages
Waterson v Lloyd
Libel - honest comment - meaning - appeal
McCann v Bennett
Contempt - committal - undertakings - penalty
Smeaton v Equifax Plc
Data protection Act 1998 - fourth principle - duty for data to be accurate and up to date - duty of care in tort coextensive with the DPA
Tamiz v Google Inc
Defamation - liability of ISPs - Publisher - Defamation Act 1996 - Google Inc
Al Amoudi v Kifle
Libel - assessment of damages
Cruddas v Adams
Defamation - Libel - Assessment of Damages - Twitter - Blog - s.12 Defamation Act 1952
Graiseley Properties Ltd v Barclays Bank Plc
Disclosure – confidentiality - anonymity of non parties - open justice - Article 10 – reputational harm to non parties
R (T) v Greater Manchester Chief Constable (CA)
Cautions and convictions - rehabilitation of offenders - disclosure - Article 8
Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd (Costs) (CA)
Summary costs – defamation – costs budgeting – Defamation Proceedings Costs Management Scheme – Practice Direction PD51D – ‘good reason’
Ambrosiadou v Coward
Privacy - final injunctions - third parties - Spycatcher
KC v MGN Ltd (Costs)
Defamation - Offer of Amends - Costs
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