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WM Morrison Supermarket Ltd v Office of Fair Trading
23rd April 2008 - WM Morrison has settled its libel claim against the OFT. Andrew Caldecott instructed by Wilmer Hale acted for the Claimant and Caroline Addy instructed by the OFT acted for the Defendant.

Max Mosley v News Group Newspapers Limited [2008] EWHC 687 (QB)
9th April 2008 - Privacy – Interim Injunctions

Gentoo Group Limited (1) & Peter Wallis (2) v. Stephen Hanratty [2008] EWHC 627 (QB)
7th April 2008 - Libel – Limitation

Marco Materazzi v Express Newspapers Limited
7 April 2008 –Marco Materazzi has settled his libel claim against Express Newspapers Ltd. Jane Phillips instructed by Collyer Bristow LLP acted for Mr. Materazzi, Catrin Evans instructed by Teacher Stern Selby acted for Express Newspapers Ltd

Nicholas Cage v (1) Kathleen Turner, (2) Headline Book Publishing Limited and (3) Associated Newspapers Limited
4 April 2008 – Nicholas Cage has settled his libel claims against Kathleen Turner, Headline Book Publishing Limited and Associated Newspapers Limited. Jane Phillips instructed by Mayer Brown LLP acted for all the defendants

R (on the application of Animal Defenders International) v Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport [2008] UKHL 15
12th March 2008 - Human Rights - Political Advertising - Article 10 - Declaration of Incompatibility

Rath v (1) Guardian News & Media Limited and (2) Ben Goldacre [2008] EWHC 398 (QB)
5th March 2008 - Libel – Fair Comment – Defamation Act 1952, section 6 – Damages

W v (1) JH (2) A County Council [2008] EWHC 399 (QB)
5th March 2008 - Slander - Qualified Privilege - Common Law - Striking Out

The jury in the trial of a libel action by the former spokesman for Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict.
The claimant sued on allegations published by the Daily Mail that he was a hypocrite on the issue of abortion because he had pressured a former girlfriend into having one. Joanne Cash instructed by Charles Russell is representing the claimant

Lord Falconer argues that archived internet pages should be captured by contempt laws
19th February 2008 - The former Lord Chancellor has called for publishers to remove archived web pages which contain prejudicial material from their websites during criminal trials or be at risk of being in contempt of court.

Austen Ivereigh v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2008] EWHC 339 (QB)
12th February 2008 - Defamation - Civil Procedure – Witness Anonymity

Sarwan Samrai v Ram Kishan Mehmi (Richard Parkes QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)
11th February 2008 - Following a 4 day trial by Judge and Jury in Birmingham the Defendant was successful in his defence of this slander action.The Claimant had sued on allegations made during a speech at the Ravidassia Community Centre in Darlaston. The issues at trial were justification and malice, the Defendant having obtained summary judgment on the issue of qualified privilege.

R(Corner House Research (1) & Campaign Against the Arms Trade (2)) v The Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2008] EWHC 246 (Admin)
4th February 2008 - Civil Procedure – Judicial Review – Access to Documents

R v Croydon Crown Court ex. P. Trinity Mirror plc, Times Newspapers Ltd, News Group Ltd and Newsquest Ltd & A and B (Minors acting by the Official Solicitor) [2008] EWCA Crim. 50
1st February 2008 - Reporting Restrictions – Identifying a criminal defendant’s children

Jeynes v News Magazines Ltd & Anr. [2008] EWCA Civ. 130
31st January 2008 - Libel – Meaning

Roberts and another (Petitioners) v Gable and others (Respondents)
31st January 2008 - The House of Lords has rejected a petition for leave to appeal in the case of Roberts v Gable.

Edward Seaga v Leslie Harper [2008] UKPC 9
30th January 2008 - Libel – Qualified Privilege – Reynolds

Steven Trumm v Keith Norman [2008] EWHC 116 (QB)
29th January 2008 - Libel – Meaning – Innuendo Meaning – Qualified Privilege – Damages

University of Oxford & Oths v Broughton & Oths [2008] EWHC 75
25th January 2008- Harassment – Interim Injunctions – Freedom of speech – Exclusion Zones

Sugar & Others v BBC [2008] EWCA Civ. 191
24th January 2008 - The Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Appeals – Jurisdiction

Blackwell v (1) News Group Newspapers Ltd (2) Mark Irwin and (3) Kenneth Bates [2007] EWHC 3098
21st December 2008 - Libel – Qualified Privilege – Malice – Summary Judgment

Shahid Malik v (1) Newspost Ltd (2) Danny Lockwood and (3) Jonathan Scott [2007] EWHC 3063
20th December 2007 - Libel – Qualified Privilege – Reynolds

Captain Ashvini Kumar Sharma v (1) Singh & (2) Associated Newspapers Ltd [2007] EWHC 2988
17th December 2007 - Libel – Meaning – Repetition Rule - Chase

Haw & Another v City of Westminster Magistrate’s Court [2007] EWHC 2960 (Admin)
12th December 2007 - Contempt - Criminal Contempt - Route of Appeal

Stoll v Switzerland (Application No. 69698/01)
10th December 2007 - Freedom of Expression - Confidential Sources - Journalism

Frank Warren v Random House Group Limited [2007] EWHC 2856 & [2007] EWHC 2860
5th December 2007 - Libel – Offer of Amends – Burstein Particulars