Ghenavat and others v Simon Lyons: Defendant found liable in harassment
The director and shareholder of a property company has been held to have harassed his fellow director-shareholders after the breakdown of their company. His Honour Judge Lewis, sitting as a judge of the High Court,… Read More »
Consultant wins Dental CPD dispute
Business consultant Dr Andrew Guise has won his claims for libel, harassment and breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 over a website created about him by entrepreneur Rajeev Shah. Dr Guise had provided services… Read More »
Mr Justice Warby to head new list for media-related cases
It has been announced that as of 1 March 2017 there will be a new list within the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court – the Media and Communications List. Mr Justice Warby is… Read More »
Neighbours’ dispute leads to £32,080 award of damages
The High Court has awarded £32,080 to a man who had been subjected to a campaign of harassment by his neighbour, which included the making of slanderous comments and a false report of a sex… Read More »
Rahman libel trial commences
The trial of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s libel and harassment claim against ARY Network Ltd, the UK broadcaster of Urdu news channel ARY News, and its Chief Operating Officer, Fayaz Ghafoor, begins today in the High Court…. 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 »
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 »
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 »
5RB Talks 2015: Bristol
5RB‘s series of 2015 talks kicked off on 12 February in Bristol. 5RB‘s Jacob Dean, Felicity McMahon and Julian Santos spoke about the Defamation Act 2013 and developments since it came into force, how to… 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 »
Lords: Current laws sufficient for social media offences
The House of Lords Communication Committee, in its report on social media offences, has come to the conclusion that current laws are sufficient. Laws such as the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, and the Communications… Read More »
Witness Immunity Rule Extends to Harassment
The Court of Appeal has today ruled that an individual who makes a complaint to the police cannot be sued for malicious procurement of arrest or false imprisonment or rely upon the complaint to the… Read More »
Lords inquiry into social media offences
The House of Lords Communications Committee is conducting an inquiry into social media and communications offences. The inquiry will look into whether the legislation currently dealing with such offences (which includes the Offences Against the… 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 »
Amendments to harassment legislation
Amendments to the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 came into force on 26 November 2012 which prohibit stalking, including by electronic means and impersonation. The Protection of Freedoms Act has made the following amendments to… 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 »