Author’s cyberstalker imprisoned
A man who stalked best-selling US author Kristine Carlson for seven years has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment. Having apparently been told by a psychic that he would meet his future mother-in-law… Read More »
Summary Judgment in Cheshire West case
At a lengthy hearing in Liverpool on Tuesday 17 November 2015, Mr Justice Holroyde dismissed an application for disclosure brought by the defendant, Mr Pickthall, and granted summary judgment and a permanent injunction to the… 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 »
Service of injunction via Instagram
In DDF v YYZ, an injunction was obtained against an unknown defendant both to prevent harassment via the photo-sharing service Instagram, and to restrain the threatened disclosure of private information. The Claimant also obtained an order… Read More »
Former UN official obtains harassment injunction
A retired official at the International Maritime Organisation (“IMO”), a London-based arm of the UN, has won an anti-harassment injunction against a former colleague. In Rada-Ortiz v Espinosa-Vadillo, the Claimant was a supervisor at the… Read More »
‘Revenge Porn’ becomes a specific criminal offence
On 12 February 2015 the Criminal Justice and Courts Act received Royal Assent. The new Act makes covers a number of areas of the law, but of particular interest to media lawyers will be the… Read More »
Miller and Crawford: permission refused
The Supreme Court has recently refused permission to appeal in two media law cases which reached the Court of Appeal earlier in 2014: Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd was a defamation case concerning a Chase… Read More »
AVB granted privacy injunction
Following a contested trial, judgment has been given by Tugendhat J in AVB v TDD. AVB is a retired male solicitor and TDD a female prostitute. The dispute arose from the disclosure of AVB’s private… Read More »
NFU win injunction against Badger Cull Protesters
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) successfully obtained an injunction against Badger Cull protesters. The NFU applied for an injunction to prohibit harassment of farmers, land owners and those involved in the Badger Cull pilot schemes. The NFU’s evidence showed… Read More »
Disclosure order against internet trolling
A woman from Brighton has secured a disclosure order against Facebook in relation to a persistent internet “troll” campaign against her. Nicola Brookes became inexplicably subjected to wide-ranging internet harassment after she wrote a message… Read More »