Arron Banks wins Cadwalladr TED Talk appeal
The Court of Appeal has today handed down its judgment in the appeal brought by Arron Banks against the High Court decision in his libel claim against journalist Carole Cadwalladr. Warby LJ, with whom Sharp… Read More »
Arron Banks wins Cadwalladr TED Talk appeal
The Court of Appeal has today handed down its judgment in the appeal brought by Arron Banks against the High Court decision in his libel claim against journalist Carole Cadwalladr. Warby LJ, with whom Sharp… Read More »
Defendant’s appeal dismissed in Millett v Corbyn
The Court of Appeal (Vos MR, Sharp P and Warby LJ) has this morning handed down judgment in an appeal brought by the Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP against Saini J’s first instance decision in… Read More »
Johnny Depp loses appeal bid
The Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Underhill and Lord Justice Dingemans) has today refused permission to Johnny Depp to appeal against the dismissal of his claim for libel against News Group Newspapers and Dan Wootton,… Read More »
Court of Appeal to hear ZXC v Bloomberg LP privacy case
On 20 June 2019 the Court of Appeal (Males LJ) granted permission to Bloomberg LP to appeal the decision at trial of Nicklin J in ZXC v Bloomberg LP [2019] EWHC 970 (QB). Nicklin J… Read More »
Court of Appeal win for hacking claimants
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by MGN Limited (the publisher of the Mirror and People newspaper titles), seeking to reverse a decision by Mann J in the phone hacking claims brought against… Read More »
ABC v Telegraph – CA grants injunction
The Court of Appeal (Sir Terence Etherton, Master of the Rolls, Underhill V-P LJ, and Henderson LJ) handed down judgment on Tuesday 23rd October 2018 granting an interim injunction and allowing the Claimants’ appeal, overturning… Read More »
Katie Hopkins refused permission to appeal
The Court of Appeal has refused permission to appeal to Katie Hopkins, who had sought to challenge the decision at trial of Warby J in the ‘Twitter Libel Trial’: Jack Monroe v Katie Hopkins [2017] EWHC… Read More »
Supreme Court refuses permission in DPA/libel claim
The Supreme Court has refused the application of London-based Arabic-language web news publisher Elaph Publishing Ltd for permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision allowing Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco to bring claims… Read More »
Prince wins libel and DPA appeals
The Court of Appeal has rejected a news website publisher’s contention that bringing a claim for unfair and inaccurate processing under the Data Protection Act 1998 alongside a claim for libel was an abuse of process, and… Read More »
Supreme Court refuses Simpson permission to appeal
The Supreme Court has today refused Leicester City footballer Danny Simpson permission to appeal in his libel claim against MGN, publisher of the Daily Mirror. In July 2016 the Court of Appeal allowed MGN’s appeal… Read More »
Lachaux appeal hearing begins
The Court of Appeal hearing in Lachaux v AOL (UK), Independent Print Ltd & Evening Standard Ltd begins today. The appeal is being heard in Court 72 by Lord Justice McFarlane, Lord Justice Davis and Lady Justice… Read More »
Mirror phone-hacking damages appeal dismissed
The Court of Appeal today dismissed Mirror Group Newspapers’ appeal in relation to the sums in damages awarded by Mr Justice Mann to eight representative claimants who had been the victims of phone-hacking. Lady Justice… Read More »
Court of Appeal hearing in ANL v Weller
On 27 and 28 October 2015 the Court of Appeal heard an appeal by Associated Newspapers Limited, the publisher of the MailOnline website, against the judgment of Mr Justice Dingemans dated 16 April 2014, in… Read More »
Permission to appeal in MGN phone hacking case
On 7 August 2015 Kitchin LJ granted MGN permission to appeal the judgment of Mann J in Gulati v MGN, on four grounds relating to the assessment of damages. The hearing of the appeal has… 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 »
N-word text appeal dismissed
The bid by former professional footballer and Kick It Out ambassador Paul Elliott to have the libel claim against him by fellow former professional Richard Rufus struck out by the Court of Appeal has failed…. Read More »
Limitation appeal allowed
The Court of Appeal today allowed an appeal brought by LexisNexis and Community Care Inform (CCI) over the publication of a legal case report first placed on its websites in October 2010 and January 2011. The… Read More »
Court of Appeal dismisses costs appeal in Mitchell “Plebgate” libel case
In an important ruling, the Court of Appeal has dismissed Andrew Mitchell’s appeal and upheld Master McCloud’s decisions: (1) that having failed to file his costs budget in time, Mr Mitchell was to be treated as… Read More »
Dame Victoria Sharp sworn in as a Lady Justice of Appeal
Former 1 Brick Court libel silk Dame Victoria Sharp was today sworn in as a Lady Justice of Appeal. After graduating from Bristol University, Victoria Sharp joined 1 Brick Court in 1982 and took silk in 2001. She was… Read More »