The most recent annual Judicial Statistics – those for 2017 – show a substantial increase in the number of issued defamation claims. These are up by 40% on 2016. In 2017 there were 156 defamation claims issued in London (where the large majority of claims are brought) as opposed to 112 in 2016 (and 135 in 2015). Continue reading
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The tables [xls] published with most recent Ministry of Justice, Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly Bulletin state that there were three applications for privacy injunctions in 2016, with two being granted and one refused. It is clear, however, that these official statistics underestimate the number of injunction applications. Continue reading
I have now obtained the figures concerning the numbers of defamation cases issued in Northern Ireland in 2016. These figures are based on a search of the Court’s records for the period 1 January to 31 December 2016. Continue reading
According to the tables published with most recent Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly Bulletin [xls] there were three applications for privacy injunctions in 2015, with two being granted and one refused. These official statistics may, however, underestimate the number of injunction applications. Continue reading
We have, once again belatedly, caught up with the most recent annual Judicial Statistics – those for 2013. These show a substantial decrease in the number of issued defamation claims, down 24% from 2012. In 2013 there were 142 issued defamation claims in London (where the large majority of claims are made) – as opposed to 186 in 2012. This is the lowest annual figure since 2002 and appears to be the second lowest of all time. Continue reading
Court records show that the number of libel cases issued in Northern Ireland in 2013 remains at a similar level to 2011 and 2012. The total of all claims, in the High Court and the County Court, was 32 in 2012 and 30 in 2013. Continue reading
The Ministry of Justice has produced its statistical bulletin [pdf] for privacy injunctions, July to December 2013. This shows that there was one application for new privacy injunction in this period – which was refused. This is the lowest figure since the statistics were first published for the period August to December 2011. Continue reading
You might think that any institution dedicated to upholding an industry’s code of practice would want to be clear how many times that code was broken and which companies were the most frequent offenders. Not the Press Complaints Commission (“PCC”). Continue reading
The Defamation Act 2013 is now in force. In a press release the government claims it “reverses the chilling effect on freedom of expression current libel law has allowed, and the prevention of legitimate debate we have seen in the past”. Continue reading
There are many figures bandied around for the levels of Twitter usage. Reliable statistics are often hard to come by. However, Twittter has, for the purposes of its recent IPO, provided a number of figures in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Twitter’s own analysis is that it has 232 million monthly active users and that that there are, on average, 500 million tweets per day in the world. Continue reading
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