On 25 June 2024, after a complex preliminary issues trial, Mr Justice Nicklin handed down judgment in the case of Harcombe and Kendrick v Associated Newspapers [2024] EWHC 1523 (KB), dismissing a public interest defence advanced by the publishers of The Mail on Sunday and its health editor, in a libel claim brought against them by Dr Zoë Harcombe and Dr Malcolm Kendrick. Continue reading
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On Thursday 1 July 2021, the High Court handed down judgment in the long-running libel action of Lachaux v Independent Print Limited & Others [2021] EWHC 1797 (QB). Continue reading
In AAA -v- Rakoff [2019] EWHC 2525 (QB) Mr Justice Nicklin set out the importance of claimants (and their lawyers) setting out a clear and consistent basis for seeking anonymity in civil proceedings. Continue reading
In the case of Carruthers v Associated Newspapers ([2019] EWHC 33 (QB)) , the claimant a child welfare chief who worked for the council involved in two major scandals over ill-treatment of children failed in a bid to sue two newspaper publishers for defamation. Continue reading
In the case of Brown v Bower [2017] EWHC 2637, the High Court considered the proper application of the repetition rule in determining the meaning of a statement about an MP in a book about the Blair government. Nicklin J made interesting observations about whether the statement was defamatory and the effect of the parties’ agreement that it was. Continue reading
In the case of Huda v Wells ([2017] EWHC 2553 (QB)) Nicklin J held that information submitted to the osteopaths’ regulatory body was protected by absolute privilege and could not be the subject of an action for defamation or malicious falsehood. Continue reading
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