Judgment in FT application for non-party access to documents
On 28 June 2024, ICC Judge Mullen, sitting in the Chancery Division, gave an ex tempore judgment, partially granting the Financial Times’ application for pre-hearing access to an affidavit which the Secretary of State had… Read More »
NGN Ltd pays damages over criminal proceedings article
The Sun has apologised to Paul Seeley, an officer with a law enforcement agency, and paid him damages for an article which it published in The Sun newspaper and on its website www.thesun.co.uk on 14… Read More »
Anonymity order lifted in Old Bailey murder
HHJ Sarah Munro KC, sitting at the Old Bailey, yesterday lifted an order made under s45 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, which had prevented the media from identifying the defendant Marques… Read More »
Administrative Court gives guidance on correct RRO procedure
The Claimant had brought a claim for judicial review of the decision of a District Judge in the Magistrates’ Court to discharge an RRO. The Claimant was not a party to the forfeiture proceedings, or… Read More »
‘Reporting Financial Remedy Cases’: Adam Wolanski QC writes guest blog for FamilyArbitrator
FamilyArbitrator has published a guest blog by Adam Wolanski QC titled ‘Reporting Financial Remedy Cases: What Next for the Desert Island?‘ Read the blog on the FamilyArbitrator website here.
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 »
Transgender man who gave birth loses anonymity
A transgender man who gave birth to a child and sought to be registered as the child’s father has lost his right to anonymity in judicial review proceedings, following an application by the media. The… Read More »
Supreme Court refuses permission in anonymity case
The Supreme Court has today refused Russian oligarch Arcady Rotenberg permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of his claim against Times Newspapers. The case, known until today as R v R, arose… Read More »
Supreme Court dismisses anonymity Appeal
The Supreme Court today dismissed the Claimant’s appeal in the long running privacy case PNM v Times Newspapers and Newsquest. PNM, who can now be named as Oxford businessman Tariq Khuja, obtained a postponement order… Read More »
Perjury defendant loses anonymity
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in R v Jemma Beale, an appeal against an order prohibiting the identification of a defendant in a trial for perjury and perverting the course of justice…. Read More »
Segregated Muslim School Named after Press Challenge
Al Hijrah school in Birmingham brought judicial review proceedings seeking to quash a decision by Ofsted to publish an inspection report into the school. The report concluded, amongst other things, that the policy of segregation… Read More »
Court of Appeal rejects anonymity challenge
On Friday 9 June 2017, the Court of Appeal gave a ruling in the course of an appeal against sentence on the identification of Stan Markham and Kim Edwards. Markham and Edwards were guilty of… 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 »
Murderer named on media application
On Friday 22 April 2016 James Fairweather was convicted of murder by a jury in the Crown Court at Guildford. Fairweather had previously admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility in relation to two… Read More »
Teenagers guilty of Angela Wrightson murder cannot be named
Two girls aged 14 and 15 convicted of the murder of Angela Wrightson cannot be named after Mr Justice Globe continued the reporting restriction under section 39 Children and Young Persons Act 1933. At the same… Read More »
Mail on Sunday in Bannatyne win
The Mail on Sunday has won its claim against Dragons Den star Duncan Bannatyne for disclosure of information revealing he had lied during his divorce case. Mr Banntyne sought an order preventing the newspaper from… Read More »
15 year old convicted of terror offence cannot be named
On 2 October 2015, Mr Justice Saunders refused to lift a reporting restriction prohibiting the reporting of the identity of a defendant, who had pleaded guilty in relation to plotting a terror attack in Australia… Read More »
Supreme Court lifts OPO injunction
The Supreme Court this morning handed down judgment in OPO v MLA, finding unanimously that the Claimant had no cause of action under the Wilkinson v Downton tort. The anonymity restrictions on the author and… Read More »
Under 18s reporting restriction changes
Among a series of provisions of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 which will come into force on April 13 2015 are provisions amending the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (CYPA 1933) and the… Read More »
‘Revenge porn’ offence commencement
A series of measures in the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 will come into force on 13 April 2015. Of particular interest to media lawyers will be: – The coming into force of the… Read More »