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Spicer v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2019] EWHC 1439 (QB)
In a meaning application the High Court (QB Division) held that an article’s headline, however defamatory, must be read in context, with...
Allen v Times Newspapers Ltd [2019] EWHC 1235 (QB)
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2019/1235.html [All numbers in square brackets refer to paragraphs in the judgment]. Background...

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Carruthers v Associated Newspapers Limited, Carruthers v News Group Newspapers Limited [2019] EWHC 3
Background Ms Carruthers, who is in her 60s, was employed by Haringey Council as a Deputy Assistant Director of Children’s Safeguarding...

Magyar Jeti Zrt v Hungary (Application no. 11257/16) ECHR 4 December 2018
Background The applicant company, Magyar Jeti Zrt, operated an online news portal in Hungary called ‘444.hu’ with roughly 250,000 unique...


Fake News – Memes, Terrorism and Jurisdiction
Nadhim Zahawi v Press TV & Press TV Limited 1. This libel case was brought by Nadhim Zahawi, the Conservative MP for Stratford-on-Avon...


Simpson v Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd
Simpson v Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd References: [2015] EWHC 77 (QB), [2016] EWCA Civ 772 Court: High Court, Court of Appeal Dates of...


Case summary – Alvaro Sobrinho v Impresa Publishing SA
Alvaro Sobrinho v Impresa Publishing SA - trial of preliminary issues Reference: [2016] EWHC 66 (QB) Court: High Court Date of Judgment:...

Case summary – Sam Theedom v (1) Nourish Training t/a CSP Recruitment (2) Colin Sewell
Sam Theedom v Nourish Training t/a CSP Recruitment and ors - trial of preliminary issues Reference: [2015] EWHC 3769 (QB) Court: High...
Lachaux: A Test for Serious Harm
On 30 July 2015, Warby J gave judgment in the case of Lachaux v Independent Print following a trial of several preliminary issues in...
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