The Easter Legal Term begins tomorrow, 26 April 2022 and will end on 27 May 2022. This term will see the long awaited trial in the so-called, “Wagatha Christie” libel case, Vardy v Rooney which is due to commence on 9 May 2022 and is listed for 7 days. As we mention below, judgment was given in the PTR last week.
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Russia Today set to benefit from press exemption to the Government’s Online Safety Bill – Hacked Off
A Hacked Off investigation has revealed that Russia Today, the Russian media outlet accused of peddling Kremlin-backed disinformation, is set to benefit from an exemption in the Government’s forthcoming plans for regulating social media in the UK. Continue reading
On 7 April 2022, the Attorney General was granted an interim injunction restraining the BBC from broadcasting a programme that identified an alleged MI5 covert human intelligence source (“X”), Attorney General v British Broadcasting Corporation [2022] EWHC 380 (QB). Continue reading
The Sun has settled a defamation claim brought by an immigration solicitor it accused of “shamelessly touting” a price list of legal aid fees for migrants arriving in small boats. It has agreed to pay “a very substantial five-figure sum” to cover damages and costs and has published a correction on its website. There was a piece on the Doughty Street Chambers website about the case. Continue reading
In the managed phone hacking litigation, the managing judge, Fancourt J, dismissed an application by News Group Newspapers, to bring the managed litigation to an end. The Judge noted that new claimants were still learning of potential claims. The court heard that there are currently 52 claims registered, with a further 38 claims at the pre-action letter stage and 82 more “in the pipeline”. Continue reading
The UK Government has published a “call for evidence [pdf]” in relation to so-called “Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs). SLAPPs are characterised as “an abuse of the legal process, where the primary objective is to harass, intimidate and financially and psychologically exhaust one’s opponent via improper means”. Continue reading
The High Court has ruled a class-action lawsuit against TikTok concerning children’s privacy violations can proceed, SMO v TikTok Inc. and Others [2022] EWHC 489 (QB). The claims relate to TikTok’s data processing activities, which are alleged to be causing damage to millions of class members. TikTok has said the claims “lack merit” and the company has “robust policies, processes and technologies in place to help protect all users, and our teenage users in particular,” TechCrunch reports.” The Panopticon blog has a summary of the case here. Continue reading
On 2 March 2022, Nicklin J gave an ex tempore judgment dismissing the libel claim in Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation v Burgis. The claim related to a book published by FT journalist Tom Burgis about the rise of kleptocracy, which Burgis describes as “the greatest threat to freedom today.” Continue reading
Only a few days ago, when I was mulling over writing a post on the Supreme Court’s judgement in the Bloomberg case, I was thinking how nice it was that, for the first time in almost two years, I would not have to contemplate writing something about the pandemic. However, as I write this post on 28 February 2022, the world has once again been turned on its head, and life as we know it is under threat. Continue reading
The Attorney General’s application to have her claim for an injunction against the BBC heard in private was refused on 22 February 2022. The application relates to a programme about an alleged MI5 agent. The hearing is listed for 1 and 2 March 2022. Continue reading
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