The recently issued Ministry of Justice Royal Courts of Justice Tables for 2022 suggest that there has been a substantial decline in the number of defamation claims issued in London. They record that there were 233 issued defamation claims in 2022, a 60% decrease from the 2021 figure of 545 issued claims. Continue reading
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The most recent annual Judicial Statistics – those for 2021 – appear to show a very substantial increase in the number of issued defamation claims. According to the Ministry of Justice Royal Courts of Justice Tables for 2021 there were 545 issued defamation claims. Continue reading
The latest Ministry of Justice privacy injunction statistics show that the low rate of applications has continued in 2021. In the first six months of the year there were 3 privacy injunction applications (compared to 10 in 2020). Continue reading
The Royal Courts of Justice annual tables 2020 were published on 3 June 2021. They show that in the last calendar year, 152 defamation claims (libel and slander) were started in the High Court. Continue reading
The Ministry of Justice has published the privacy injunction statistics for 2017. These record a total of 14 applications for interim privacy injunctions, 11 of which resulted in injunctions being granted or, in one case, an undertaking being given and 3 which were refused. Continue reading
Judicial Statistics, 2015: Issued defamation claims down by 40%, the second lowest number since 1992
The most recent annual Judicial Statistics – those for 2015 – show a sharp decline in the number of issued defamation claims, down by up by 40% on 2014. In 2015 there were 135 issued defamation claims in London (where the large majority of claims are made) as opposed to 227 in 2014 (and 142 in 2013). Continue reading
Over the last few days there have been a number of media reports (for example, in the Guardian and the Times [£]) based on a Thomson Reuters Press Release[pdf] issued on behalf of Thomson Reuters entitled “Number of Defamation Cases Falls by a third in a year”. Continue reading
The most recent annual Judicial Statistics – those for 2014 – show a substantial increase in the number of issued defamation claims, up by 60% on 2013. In 2014 there were 227 issued defamation claims in London (where the large majority of claims are made) – as opposed to 142 in 2013. This is the highest annual figure since 2009. Continue reading
We have belatedly caught up with the most recent annual Judicial Statistics [xls] – those for 2012. These show a slight increase in the number of issued defamation claims, up 13% from 2011. In 2012 there were 186 issued defamation claims in London (where the large majority of claims are made) – as opposed to 165 in 2011. Continue reading
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