In a judgment of 5 February 2019, Mr Justice Warby granted Linklaters an interim non-disclosure injunction against a former employee and set a return date hearing (which was heard yesterday). Following the return date hearing, the continuation of the injunction was not opposed and the case was stood over until 22 February 2019, when a further hearing has been scheduled. Read the rest of this entry »
Case Law: Linklaters LLP v Mellish, Protecting confidential information in the open – Alexander Vakil
12 02 2019Comments : 1 Comment »
Tags: Alexander Vakil, Breach of Confidence, Linklaters LLP, Osborne Clarke
Categories : Injunction
Philip Green Injunction: is anonymity for celebrities really worth the potential backlash? – Ashley Hurst and Alex Vakil
4 11 2018
The disclosure by Lord Hain in Parliament that Sir Philip Green was the individual who had obtained an anonymous privacy injunction against the Telegraph has once again cast doubt on the effectiveness of such injunctions against the press. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Alex Vakil, Ashely Hurst
Categories : Freedom of expression, Injunction, Privacy
Why Lord Hain was wrong to disclose Sir Philip Green’s name – Tom Double
29 10 2018
Lord Hain’s decision to name Sir Philip Green in the House of Lords as the individual who obtained an interim-injunction against the Daily Telegraph has polarised opinion. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brett Wilson Media Law Blog, Tom Double
Categories : Freedom of expression, Injunction, Legal, Media
Lord Hain and Privilege: When power, wealth and abuse combine to subvert the rule of law – Paul Wragg
27 10 2018
Judges have their role to play, and Parliamentarians theirs, and “it is for the public to judge whether what I have done is right or wrong”, says Lord Peter Hain. Yet since Lord Hain chose to breach the court injunction issued by the Court of Appeal in ABC v Telegraph Group plc by hiding behind Parliamentary privilege, this is exactly what the public does not get to do. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Lord Hain, Paul Wragg
Categories : Injunction, Legal, Privacy
Libel Injunctions: Time to revisit the rule in Bonnard v Perryman? – Helena Shipman
8 08 2018
The interim defamation injunction has long been considered a rare breed; indeed it has been 127 years since the common law rule in Bonnard v Perryman [1891] 2 Ch 269 was first established, preventing claimants from obtaining interim libel injunctions in all but the most exceptional circumstances. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Rule in Bonnard v Perryman
Categories : Freedom of expression, Injunction, Libel
Case: XKF v BBC, Former police officer granted injunction to restrain broadcast of interview highlighting criminal past – Tom Dane
12 06 2018
In XKF v BBC former police officer applied for relief restraining the broadcast by the respondent BBC of an interview of him recorded near his home. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: BBC, The Injunctions Blog, Tom Dane
Categories : Broadcasting, Injunction, Privacy
“Persons Unknown Cases”: some recent issues – Adam Speker
8 06 2018
In media and communications litigation, one party name has become increasingly common. Not News Group or Associated or even Google. It is the party known as Person or Persons Unknown. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: 5RB, Adam Speker, Persons Unknown
Categories : Injunction, Legal
