Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt
The High Court sitting at Woolwich has sentenced Stephen Yaxley-Lennon to 18 months imprisonment (less 3 days) for contempt of court. On the first day of a 2-day hearing, Mr Yaxley-Lennon admitted 10 breaches of… Read More »
High Court refuses Solicitor General permission to bring contempt proceedings against protestor
The High Court has refused the Solicitor General permission to bring proceedings for contempt against Ms Trudi Warner, a retired social worker who on 27 March 2023 stood outside the entrance used by jurors at… Read More »
Source protection in the High Court
The High Court has today handed down judgment refusing applications by Stokoe Partnership Solicitors and Karam al Sadeq for non-party disclosure orders against the Sunday Times, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and its editor, Franz… Read More »
Duncan & Neill on Defamation and other media and communications claims
The new (5th) edition of Duncan & Neill on Defamation and other media and communications claims – written by Richard Rampton QC, Heather Rogers QC, Timothy Atkinson and Aidan Eardley, and published by LexisNexis… Read More »
5RB plays major role in Al Maktoum v Al Hussein
The Court of Appeal (Underhill, Bean and King LJJ) has decided that Sir Andrew McFarlane, the President of the Family Division, overseeing continuing wardship proceedings in relation to two children of the ruler of the… Read More »
Tommy Robinson jailed for nine months for contempt
The Divisional Court (Dame Victoria Sharp P and Warby J), sitting at the Old Bailey, today sentenced Stephen Yaxley-Lennon to nine months imprisonment for contempt of court. Yaxley-Lennon also goes by the name Tommy Robinson. … Read More »
Cheshire West Contemnor Jailed
On Wednesday 20 July 2016, sitting at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Mr Justice Soole found Robert Pickthall to be in flagrant contempt of an order imposed by Mr Justice Holroyde in November 2015 on… Read More »
UPDATED – Conference5RB 2016 Programme
Conference5RB 2016 will take place on Thursday, 29 September 2016 at IET Savoy Place, Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL. Conference5RB will be accredited with 6.5 hours CPD, and will provide an update on a wide variety… Read More »
Cheshire West defendant guilty of contempt
At a hearing in Liverpool on Thursday, Mr Justice Holroyde found that Robert Pickthall was guilty of having deliberately breached an anti-harassment injunction on eight occasions. He was sentenced to three months imprisonment for each… Read More »
Condé Nast found in contempt of court
Yesterday the Administrative Court handed down judgment in contempt proceedings brought by the Attorney General against Condé Nast Publications Limited in which the publisher was found to be in contempt of court. The proceedings were… Read More »
NFU succeed in Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by an animal rights protester found to be in contempt of court for breach of an anti-harassment injunction designed to protect farmers and others who were participating in the… Read More »
Man held in contempt by Gibraltar court
The Supreme Court of Gibraltar has found that a claim brought by Terence Ewing against the Sunday Times in respect of a matter already litigated in three other jurisdictions was a serious abuse of process… Read More »
Law Commission recommends online reporting restriction database
The Law Commission has published its second report on the topic of contempt. The first report dealt with jurors and modern media. This report addresses the issue of reporting restrictions under section 4(2) Contempt of… Read More »
AGO to publish advisory notes online
The Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP has announced that his Office will in future publish advisory notes online, and publicise them by way of the AGO Twitter feed, @AGO_UK. The notes, which were previously… Read More »
Suspended prison sentence for Madeleine McCann contempt
A judge has imposed a suspended prison sentence for deliberate breaches of an undertaking given to the court on the settlement of a libel claim by Gerry and Kate McCann. In a judgment handed down… Read More »
Law Commission launches consultation on Contempt of Court
The Law Commission today launched a consultation paper on Contempt of Court. The consultation paper deals with the following four areas: 1) contempt by publication; 2) the new media; 3) contempts committed by jurors; and 4)… Read More »
Times contempt challenge ruled inadmissible
A seven judge chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously ruled Seckerson and The Times Newspapers Limited v the United Kingdom (application nos. 32844/10 and 33510/10) inadmissible. Mr Seckerson was the foreman… Read More »