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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On 4 July 2023, in the case of Hurbain v Belgium (App No 57292) the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights upheld (by 12 votes to 5) the decision of the Third Section that an order to anonymise an article in a newspaper’s electronic archive (which referred to a person’s involvement in a fatal road traffic accident for which they were subsequently convicted) did not breach the applicant publisher’s right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Continue reading
On 11 July 2023, on the News Agents podcast, broadcaster Jon Sopel asked whether The Sun could be facing “the mother of all libel claims” for publishing allegations against a then unnamed BBC presenter. On 13 July 2023, Vicky Flind confirmed that her husband Huw Edwards was the broadcaster in question. Continue reading
In 2015, Keeley Richards-Shaw found her name and personal life splashed all over the media. Her photo, her job and links to her Facebook page were all published. She’d been in court seeing her ex-partner sentenced for harassment and sharing sexual images without her consent. After being stalked by him, she said she was now being “stalked by the media”. Continue reading
After a long and distinguished career as a popular public servant, first as a councillor, then then as a TD, and finally as a Minister, Pat Carey (pictured left) is now a public affairs consultant. On 11 and 12 November 2015, the Irish Independent reported that a Garda investigation was under way into allegations of child sexual abuse against an un-named former Minister. He claimed that he was identifiable as the person concerned, and he felt he had no choice but to issue a statement denying the allegations. Continue reading
On 29 June 2023, Collins Rice J granted an injunction in the case of WFZ v BBC [2023] EWHC 1618 (KB) restraining publication by the BBC of a report in a form which identified the claimant as the subject of active criminal proceedings. The application for an injunction was heard on 14 and 19 June 2023. Continue reading
On 19 May 2023, Mrs Justice Heather Williams handed down judgment in Prismall v Google UK Limited & Another [2023] EWHC 1169 (KB). She struck out the claim by Andrew Prismall, acting as a Representative Claimant on behalf of about 1.6 million people, and entered summary judgment for the Defendants, Google UK Limited and DeepMind Technologies Ltd. Continue reading
The latest Ministry of Justice privacy injunction statistics show that in 2022 there were 12 applications for interim privacy injunctions. This is a similar level to 2020 and 2021 (10 applications in each of those years). Continue reading
Certain cases capture the public’s attention and generate an extraordinary volume of reportage, scrutiny, comment and speculation. The disappearance of Madeline McCann while on holiday with her family in Portugal is the one of the most striking examples, but more recently the tragic murder of the teenager, Brianna Grey, in a Warrington park, led to the public being asked by Cheshire Constabulary to “avoid speculation online and be wary of sharing misinformation”. Continue reading
The four day High Court hearing about the phone hacking and privacy intrusion claims against the Daily Mail group by Prince Harry and others ended yesterday in the world of the hypothetical and even the surreal. Continue reading
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