Table of Media Law Cases

This table sets out the recent media law cases with links to the judgments and, where applicable, the Inforrm blog posts and comments on them. The judgments can be obtained by clicking on the links – which are, where available, to the invaluable British and Irish Legal and Information Institute (Bailii) database. In the “Links” column we have inserted links to Inforrm case comments and articles about the cases and links to the useful case notes and comments provided on the other websites including those of barristers’ chambers 1 Brick Court (“1BC”) and 5 Raymond Buildings (“5RB”), the RPC Privacy Blog (“RPC”) and the UK Human Rights Blog (“UKHR”).

32 responses

3 06 2010
4 06 2010
Marcus Partington (10:25:28) :

Can you please explain how Bowman is a ‘final win’ for the C?
C was awarded £4,250 having turned down offers of £5K and then £10K. The net (or final) position is that C paid money to D in respect of costs and interest once there was a netting off of the damages and costs awarded to C and the costs awarded to D.
Looks like a win for the D to me …

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4 06 2010
INFORRM (12:05:47) :

The claimant recovered damages for defamation and so was successful – although he of course lost out on costs. In terms of the question of how many defamation cases have succeeded this year we have treated it as a “claimant” win. Any other classification would distort the statistics.

Inforrm Editorial

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8 06 2010
Anna Doble (10:37:05) :

I don’t agree. The Bowman case was never about whether damages were payable but solely quantum. Mr Bowman erred in his assessment and had to pay costs. Denoting it as a “win” distorts the stats just as much.
Why not just use the “win” classification for full trials, and call this one a “N/A”?

16 06 2010
INFORRM (11:13:07) :

The persuasive powers of our readers have led us to re-classify this one as N/A.

Please let us know if there are any other comments (or cases to be included).

Inforrm Editorial

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29 08 2010
Inforrm Table of Cases – Revised and Updated « Inforrm's Blog (21:08:13) :

[…] Table of Recent Cases [updated] […]

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11 10 2010
Law and Media Round Up – 11 October 2010 « Inforrm's Blog (09:55:04) :

[…] Table of Recent Cases […]

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21 11 2010
Inforrm – Table of Recent Cases Updated « Inforrm's Blog (01:00:18) :

[…] Table of Recent Cases [Revised] […]

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22 11 2010
Richard Munden (18:26:41) :

Thank you for this useful resource. Shouldn’t Ernst & Young v Coomber be a win for C, as summary disposal was granted, and Henderson v LB Hackney a win for D, as the claim was struck out?

There are also a few more 5RB case reports on cases in the table, to which links could be added:
http://www.5rb.com/case/Ernst–Young-and-Ors-v-Coomber-and-Ors
http://www.5rb.com/case/Ajinomoto-Sweeteners-Europe-SAS-v-Asda-Stores-Ltd-(No-2)-(CA)
http://www.5rb.com/case/Brady-v-Norman-(No-2)
http://www.5rb.com/case/Hays-Plc-v-Hartley
http://www.5rb.com/case/Fiddes-v-Channel-4-Television-Corporation–Ors-(CA)
http://www.5rb.com/case/Berezovsky-v-Russian-State-Television–Another
http://www.5rb.com/case/Terry-(previously-'LNS‘)-v-Persons-Unknown

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22 11 2010
INFORRM (20:00:05) :

Thank you very much for this – we have taken up your suggestions and added these links.

Inforrm Editorial

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27 01 2011
Mr Barjinder Sahota (11:12:12) :

Hello, The researcher for this post seems to have omitted an important libel case that was stayed on the first day of trial on grounds of non-justiciability on 15 December 2010. The reinforces the caselaw on the “self denying ordinance” of secular courts from determining issues of religious disputes, developing the law from the Blake case and the recent judgement of His Holiness Sant Baba Jeet Singh Ji Maharaj v Hardeep Singh. The Shergill v Purewal judgement is on Baillii today. http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2010/3610.html

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27 01 2011
INFORRM (11:23:36) :

The case has just been posted in the Table of Cases.

Inforrm

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19 07 2011
3 10 2011
Law and Media Round Up – 3 October 2011 « Inforrm's Blog (07:54:24) :

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5 04 2012
Media Law Cases: Survey of the First Legal Term of 2012 « Inforrm's Blog (14:55:38) :

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17 04 2012
Law and Media Round Up – 16 April 2012 « Inforrm's Blog (07:40:17) :

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4 05 2012
6 07 2012
hp lehofer (11:12:36) :

May I suggest you add the Grand chamber judgment of the ECtHR in the case Centro Europa 7 http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-111399 where the Court held that “in such a sensitive sector as the audiovisual media, in addition to its negative duty of non-interference the State has a positive obligation to put in place an appropriate legislative and administrative framework to guarantee effective pluralism”

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17 07 2012
INFORRM (12:59:24) :

Thank, as you will have seen we have added this case and also a Case Comment

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19 09 2012
A dearth of data about defamation cases in England & Wales | Media law and ethics (16:25:35) :

[…] I recently compiled statistics for the legal year 2010/11 and 2011/12 here, for Inforrm. A table of media law cases published by Inforrm can be found here. […]

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25 09 2012
30 09 2012
Inforrm Blog Resources: new and improved Tables of Cases « Inforrm's Blog (10:55:16) :

[…] Table of Media Law Cases […]

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24 10 2012
Anon (20:57:06) :

McCann/Bennett

Is the judgement stating that Bennett’s application to vary his undertaking will be heard in a separate trial after the contempt is heard?

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14 11 2012
Table of Media Law Cases | Media Law | Scoop.it (00:10:03) :

[…] This table sets out the recent media law cases with links to the judgments and, where applicable, the Inforrm blog posts and comments on them. The judgments can be obtained by clicking on the links…  […]

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22 01 2013
Inforrm Blog – Happy Third Birthday « Inforrm's Blog (00:07:31) :

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25 08 2013
SILENCING DISSENT: a Joined Up Saga of Global Intimidation | We Who Oppose Deception (07:51:35) :

[…] this Table of Media Law Cases, this list of Defamation Cases since 2010 and Forthcoming Cases on top of the articles on the home […]

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28 08 2013
Law and Media Review of the Legal Year 2012/13 | Media law and ethics (10:06:31) :

[…] 2013 can be found on the Inforrm blog. The Inforrm case tables have also been brought up to date: Media Law cases; Defamation cases; and Privacy […]

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22 07 2015
Are reports of defamation’s death greatly exaggerated? | LSE Media Policy Project (10:12:55) :

[…] when requesting data from lawyers I have been directed to Inforrm’s case tables and reports: these and the PA Media Lawyer reports (a subscription service but its stories are […]

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19 11 2016
alan m dransfield (15:29:13) :

This latest ECHR Judgement (Magyar Helsinki Biozttsag NGO) is the savior of the FOIA/EIRA/DATA act. This will open the floodgates for FOIA. This means article 10 is the Daddy of all FOIA laws and the Dransfield Vexatious Claptrap cannot be used from this day on ie GIA/3o37/2011. It also means that the ICO /MoJ MUST revoke the 3000Vexatious decisions under the FOIA and 2500 under the EIRA. The ICO are in meldown and there should be a Public Inquiry into the Dransfield Vexatious claptrap. Elizbeth Denham and Christiopher Graham shold be locked up

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30 03 2018
Inforrm: Beginning of Easter Break | Inforrm's Blog (00:45:24) :

[…] Table of Media Law Cases […]

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1 04 2018
Inforrm: Beginning of Easter Break – CCTV Installer Near Mear (09:36:03) :

[…] A full list of the judgments given this term can be found in our Table of Media Law Cases. […]

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21 01 2019
Responsible Media blog’s handy link to judgments | Media law matters (and so do ethics) (16:54:27) :

[…] The International Forum for Responsible Media blog publishes lists of important judgments. Here’s an example. […]

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