Nestled within a corner of the internet, a new website was created in 2017. It was to be similar to a celebrity forum, but with one key difference. Rather than being a space for fans to celebrate those within the public eye, it was a space to attack them. Tattle Life would expressly target those who its posters had decreed had “choose[n] to monetise their personal life as a business and release it into the public domain”. Continue reading
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The case of Safiullah Ahmadi v Guardian News & Media Limited [2025] EWHC 1191 (KB) is the first modern authority in England and Wales to consider whether it is defamatory at common law to describe a person as homosexual. Continue reading
On 11 January 2023, Andrew Bridgen, who was then a Conservative MP, tweeted a link to an article suggesting a connection between COVID vaccination and serious adverse health conditions, commenting: ‘As one consultant cardiologist said to me this is the biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust’. Continue reading
On Tuesday 1 July 2025, The Press Justice Project will bring together leading legal practitioners, reputational experts and sporting heroes for a half-day conference event to explore the challenges facing sportspeople and their representatives in dealing with media intrusion and inaccuracy. Continue reading
We have written previously about the libel troubles of former footballer Joey Barton as a result of his antics on X/Twitter. Those troubles continue in the form of a judgment on a preliminary issues trial resulting from his tweets about fellow former footballer, Eni Aluko, by Mr Justice Lavender in Aluko v Barton [2025] EWHC 853 (KB). Continue reading
In the case of Prospect v Evans [2025] EWHC 499 (KB), the Defendant, a former member of the Claimant trade union which represents professionals and specialist workers across a range of sectors sought to hold to account the Claimant’s officers for alleged wrongdoing. Continue reading
Noel Clarke’s libel trial against The Guardian has concluded. Clarke is best known for writing, directing and starring in The Hood Trilogy, and for his role in Doctor Who. Continue reading
In the case of Vince v Lord Bailey of Paddington ([2025] EWHC 287 (KB). Pepperall J determined the natural and ordinary meaning of comments about the claimant made by the defendant during a broadcast on GB News and dealt with his application for summary judgment. This was only partially successful and the matter must now proceed to trial. Continue reading
Paul Staines, the founder, owner, and erstwhile editor of the political blog Guido Fawkes has settled libel proceedings brought against him by Dale Vince. Continue reading
In Adams v Amazon Digital UK Ltd [2024] EWHC 3338 (KB), the defendant (‘Amazon’) obtained reverse summary judgment in a claim for libel and misuse of private information (‘MOPI’). The judgment demonstrates the court’s willingness to resolve cases at an early stage, when appropriate and offers important guidance on the application of the defences of truth and honest opinion in libel claims. Continue reading
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