Inforrm reported on a large number of defamation cases from around the world in 2024. Following a now established tradition, with our widely read posts on 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 defamation cases, we present our selection of legally and factually interesting cases from England, Australia, New Zealand and Canada from the past year. Continue reading
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In what feels like a year of many firsts for media law in Northern Ireland, we review five key highlights from 2024. Continue reading
After a gap of nearly twenty years, another judge of the County Court of Victoria has recognised the existence of a common law tort for the invasion of privacy in Waller (a pseudonym) v Barrett (a pseudonym) [2024] VCC 962 (‘Waller’). This represents a striking development in the common law of Australia and, notably, arose only weeks before the Second Reading of a Commonwealth Bill that proposes to introduce a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy into Australian legal landscape. Continue reading
On 25 June 2024, after a complex preliminary issues trial, Mr Justice Nicklin handed down judgment in the case of Harcombe and Kendrick v Associated Newspapers [2024] EWHC 1523 (KB), dismissing a public interest defence advanced by the publishers of The Mail on Sunday and its health editor, in a libel claim brought against them by Dr Zoë Harcombe and Dr Malcolm Kendrick. Continue reading
Should anyone be left to the mercy of trial by media? ‘Never ever. Under no circumstances,’ underlines judge Kūris in his elaborated dissenting opinion in Mesić v. Croatia (no. 2), criticising the Chamber reasoning that sets ‘a very low standard for the protection of personality rights’. Continue reading
On 1 February 2024, Mrs Justice Steyn handed down judgment in Trump v Orbis Business Intelligence Limited [2024] EWHC 13 (KB) – denying the former US President’s amendment application and granting Orbis’s strike out / summary judgment application over the remainder of the claim. Continue reading
In his judgment in Davidoff v Google LLC ([2023] EWHC 1958 (KB)) Nicklin J has comprehensively restated the principles to be applied on Norwich Pharmacal applications, emphasising the importance of balancing the Convention rights of the applicant and those of the alleged wrongdoer. Continue reading
In the case of JRV & ARC v BRG [2023] EWHC 2238 (KB) Mr Justice Ritchie granted an interim privacy injunction preventing the publication of information about an extra-marital affair. Continue reading
On 25 August 2023, the Court of Appeal (Nicola Davies, Arnold and Warby LJJ) handed down judgment in Blake & ors v Fox [2023] EWCA Civ 1000. The Court dismissed an appeal against Nicklin J’s findings in the High Court in respect to the natural and ordinary meaning of five (out of six) tweets regarding accusations of racism and paedophilia ([2022] EWHC 3542 (KB)). This libel case provides useful analysis for distinguishing statements of fact from opinion and is a cautionary reminder against grouping statements together when there are multiple claimants. Continue reading
On 15 August 2023 Collins Rice J handed down judgment in LCG v OVD [2023] EWHC 2058 (KB). This note does not set out to analyse in detail the complex factual matrix set out in the lengthy judgment, but seeks to address the key practical takeaways from the case on (i) procedural issues (ii) evidential issues (iii) application of privacy law in a social media context, and (iv) the status of the law on harassment. Continue reading
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