On 21 April 2020, Nicol J granted summary judgment in a matter involving the online publication of covert recordings of intimate footage featuring both parties to the proceedings (BVG v LAR [2020] EWHC 931 (QB)). Read the rest of this entry »
Case Comment: BVG v LAR, Summary judgment in privacy and harassment case – Mathilde Groppo and Persephone Bridgman-Baker
28 04 2020Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Blackmail, Mathilde Groppo, Persephone Bridgman Baker
Categories : Caselaw, Harassment, Injunction, Privacy
Interim privacy injunctions: a change in the rules to improve the recording of data – Paul Magrath
10 01 2020
In 2017 a new list was created in the Queen’s Bench Division, to be known as the Media and Communications List, and Mr Justice Warby, a media law specialist, was put in charge of it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Paul Magrath, Transparency Project
Categories : Injunction, Legal, Media, Privacy
Case Law: SOJ v JAO, Injunction granted in sexually transmitted infection blackmail case – Tom Double
31 10 2019
Often it can be difficult to predict with any certainty whether a Court will grant interim injunctive relief. But that is not always the case. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brett Wilson, Tom Double
Categories : Injunction, Privacy
Case Law: Dulgheriu v The London Borough of Ealing, The line between legitimate protest and anti-social behaviour – Rosalind English
2 09 2019
Public order cases involving protests have always sparked controversy, with the collision between the state’s responsibility to ensure the smooth running of civil society and the individual citizen’s right to draw attention to what they regard as a pressing moral concern. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Abortion Rights, freedom of assembly, Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog
Categories : Freedom of expression, Harassment, Human Rights, Injunction
Case Comment: Advertising Standards Authority v Mitchell, the Perils of the Misdirected Email – Oscar Davies
3 07 2019
The case of Advertising Standards Authority v Mitchell ([2019] EWHC 1469 (QB)) deals with the problem of a misdirected email. We have all sent an email to the wrong person, realising only moments after sending it. Warby J considers the perils of such a situation, and how the court may step in if the receiving party refuses to undertake not to use the information. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: ASA, Oscar Davies, Warby J
Categories : Caselaw, Injunction, Privacy
Case Law: ZXC v Bloomberg, Publication of investigation into businessman was a misuse of private information – Nathan Capone
3 06 2019In the case of ZXC v Bloomberg LP ([2019] EWHC 970 (QB)) a businessman was awarded damages of £25,000 for misuse of private information after media organisation Bloomberg published an article citing confidential information obtained from a UK law enforcement agency which identified the businessman. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Investigations, Nathan Capone, Scandalous!
Categories : Caselaw, Freedom of expression, Injunction, Privacy
Birmingham City Council “anti-protest” injunction, some legal issues – Hugh Tomlinson QC
1 06 2019
On Friday 31 May 2019, the Vacation Judge, Moulder J granted Birmingham City Council a without notice injunction [pdf] to restrain “persons unknown” from organising protests against the teaching of equalities outside Anderton Park Primary School and making “offensive or abusive comments” on social media. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brimingham City Council, Protest
Categories : Freedom of expression, Injunction, Legal
Case Law: Ali v Channel 5, Can’t pay? Court of Appeal does not take claimants’ damages away (but neither will it increase them) – Tom Double
24 04 2019
In Ali & Anor v Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 677, the Court of Appeal considered whether countervailing privacy and the public interest/freedom of expression rights had been properly balanced, together with the appropriate award of privacy damages arising from footage of an eviction shown on Channel 5, the Defendant in this action. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brett Wilson, Damages, Tom Double
Categories : Caselaw, Injunction, Privacy
Case Law: Boyd v Ineos, “Persons unknown” injunctions against future protest action – Charlotte Gilmartin
23 04 2019
In Boyd & Anor v Ineos Upstream Ltd & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 515, the Court of Appeal handed down a fascinating judgment exploring the tension between the exercise of the rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression and the protection of property rights. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Charlotte Gilmartin, Persons Unknown, UK Human Rights Blog
Categories : Caselaw, Freedom of expression, Injunction
Google vs. Equustek: Unfortunate Precedent or Positive Development? – Hugh Stephens
19 04 2019
I have written about the case of Google Inc vs Equustek Solutions several times over the past couple of years (for example, here, here, and here). This series of blog posts tracked the evolution of the case. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Equustek, Google, Hugh Stephens Blog
Categories : Canada, Injunction, Legal
