The Court of Appeal should deal with the issue of how judges should approach the applications for anonymity which are increasingly being made in cases involving settlements of claims such as medical negligence cases, according to a senior judge. Continue reading
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The Judicial Appointments Commission has, this week, advertised 9 vacancies for High Court Judges – eight Queen’s Bench Division and one Family Division. One of the eight Queen’s Bench vacancies is for a “specialist in defamation“. The closing date is 4 November 2013. Continue reading
The judge whose decision on meaning in the libel battle between former Tory co-treasurer Peter Cruddas and the Sunday Times was partially overturned by the Court of Appeal has rejected an application by the newspaper that he should let another judge conduct the trial of the case. Continue reading
The Court of Appeal have allowed the appeal of the Sunday Times in the libel case brought former Conservative Party Treasurer, Peter Cruddas ([2013] EWCA Civ 748) against the ruling of Mr Justice Tugendhat that the published articles made an allegation of corruption contrary to the criminal law ([2013] EWHC 1427 (QB)). The Court set aside the orders striking out the defence of justification and entering judgment for the claimant. The trial will now have to proceed. Continue reading
In Ontumulus v Collett ([2013] EWHC 980 (QB)) a Turkish Yacht company and a German Yacht company, together with Mr Ontulmus, who was a shareholder in the Turkish company and a consultant to both companies, sued the defendants in England in respect of five emails which were alleged to have been read in Germany and Switzerland. Continue reading
The permanent damage that internet publications can inflict is very much the focus of Tugendhat J’s assessment of damages in the case of ZAM v CFW & Anor [2013] EWHC 662 (QB), encapsulated in the memorable description he quoted in an earlier judgment: “what is to be found on the internet may become like a tattoo“. Continue reading
One aspect of the long running, international litigation between Elena Ambrosiadou and Martin Coward has finally come to an end with Mr Coward agreeing to submit to a permanent injunction and to pay £50,000 in damages to settle the privacy proceedings brought against him by his former wife. Ms Ambrosiadou’s Press Release and the Statement in Open Court can be read here. Continue reading
The libel case of Joseph v Spiller has been remarkable in a number of ways. It arose out of a publication on the defendants’ website for 6 weeks in April and May 2007 and, again on a limited basis in 2008. The claim was issued in May 2008 and, after a trip to the Supreme Court, was eventually tried by Mr Justice Tugendhat on 15 to 18 October 2012. Continue reading
Mr Justice Tugendhat, the judge in charge of the jury list and the de facto chief media judge in England and Wales, has delivered a lecture on the role of specialist judges in deciding cases in the field. The Judge was giving the keynote address, to an audience of media lawyers and others, at the 5RB Media and Entertainment Law Conference in London on Thursday 27 September 2012. Continue reading
A year on from the introduction of the Master of the Rolls’ Practice Guidance, six privacy injunctions have been discharged, but with the claimant’s anonymity maintained in each case. The British media, however, hasn’t had much to say. Continue reading
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