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Chambers and Partners Bar Awards 2010
2nd September 2010 - One Brick Court has once again received nominations in the Chambers and Partners Bar Awards.
02/09/2010
Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd – Newspaper seeks to appeal to the Supreme Court on Reynolds defence
10th August 2010 – The Times has applied to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal ([2010] EWCA Civ 804
10/08/2010
One Brick Court is pleased to announce that Dr Matthew Collins has joined chambers as a door tenant.
28th July 2010 - Head of Chambers, Andrew Caldecott QC, said: 'We are delighted to welcome Matt Collins as a door tenant. As a distinguished practising member of the Bar of the State of Victoria, and the author of the well-known legal text "The Law of Defamation and the Internet", Matt's link with One Brick Court will provide a useful Australian perspective on the law of defamation and other media-related areas.”
28/07/2010
Supreme Court to hear its first defamation case next week
21st July 2010 - On Monday and Tuesday next week (26th and 27th July) , the Supreme Court (Lords Phillips, Rodger, Walker and Brown and Sir John Dyson SJC) will hear the appeal in Joseph v Spiller, against the Court of Appeal's decision that the defendants' defence of honest opinion should be struck out.
21/07/2010
Court of Appeal overturns Reynolds defence in Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd
13th July 2010 - The Court of Appeal has today reversed the decision of Mr Justice Tugendhat ([2009] EWHC 2375 (QB)) that an article published by The Times, which reported allegations of possible corruption made against a serving police officer, was protected by Reynolds privilege
13/07/2010
Gora v Gora - Privacy claim settles mid-trial
13th July 2010 - The privacy claim brought by Baksho Gora (now Bansal) has settled on the third day of trial, with the Defendant agreeing to pay the Claimant substantial damages and her legal costs as well as providing a number of undertakings
13/07/2010
Andrew Caldecott QC to speak at the 16th annual Protecting the Media conference, 28 September 2010
13th July 2010 - 1BC's Head of Chambers, Andrew Caldecott QC, will be one of the speakers at the "Protecting the Media 2010" conference which takes place on Tuesday, 28 September 2010.
12/07/2010
Regional newspaper succeeds in striking out pleaded meanings derived from selective reading
1st July 2010 - The Express and Echo, a local newspaper serving Devon, faces libel proceedings brought by a Mr Kevin Wright in respect of four separate articles.
01/07/2010
R v Morley, Chaytor, Devine, Hanningfield
1st July 2010 - The Court of Appeal on Tuesday decided to lift the automatic reporting restrictions otherwise applying under the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 to the hearing of the appeal of thee ex-MPs and one peer charged with false accounting of their expenses.
29/06/2010
Judge rejects Nicola Horlick’s meanings in libel action as “overstated”
24th June 2010
24/06/2010
Defamation Bill has first reading in House of Lords
27 May 2010 – Lord Lester has introduced into Parliament a private member’s bill on defamation. The bill covers a wide range of issues; while some clauses seek to codify the existing law, others propose radical changes.
27/05/2010
Edward Garnier QC, MP appointed Solicitor General
14th May 2010 - Chambers would like to congratulate Edward Garnier QC, MP on his appointment as Her Majesty’s Solicitor General
14/05/2010
Libel Reform Proposals
24th March 2010 - The Ministry of Justice has today published two documents concerning potential reform of the law of defamation.
23/03/2010
Mr Justice Eady at City University London
10th March 2010 - The launch of the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism featured a lecture on freedom of speech by Mr Justice Eady
12/03/2010
17th Annual Defamation & Privacy Conference on 25th March 2010
5th March 2010 - This years annual Defamation and Privacy Conference will be chaired by Andrew Caldecott QC
05/03/2010
CFA Success fees in defamation to be capped at 10%
3rd March 2010 - Jack Straw has put a Statutory Order before Parliament which, if approved, will limit the maximum success fee to 10% in all defamation cases which are entered into after the coming into force of the Order in April.
03/03/2010
The trial in the matter of Hughes v Risbridger & British Airways begins today
1st March 2010 - Manuel Barca, instructed by Addleshaw Goddard LLP is representing the Defendants.
01/03/2010
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee releases its report into ‘Press standards, privacy and libel’
24th February 2010 - The Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee has today released its report into ‘Press standards, privacy and libel’.
24/02/2010
First-tier Tribunal of the consolidated tribunal service replaces the Information Tribunal
18th January 2010 – From today, appeals from decisions of the Information Commissioner under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Data Protection Act 1998 will no longer go to the Information Tribunal
18/01/2010
Costs Review – Lord Justice Jackson launches his proposals for new costs regime for civil litigation
14th January 2010 – Lord Justice Jackson has today launched his proposals for changes to the current costs regime. The proposals seek to reduce the overall costs of litigation.
14/01/2010
1 Brick Court top ranked again in Defamation/Privacy in the new Chambers and Partners 2010
12th November 2009 - Every tenant at 1 BC included as a leader in the field.
12/11/2009
Complaints Commission Code is amended
19th October 2009 – Privacy, harassment and public interest clauses are added to
19/10/2009
The Times wins first Reynolds case since Jameel
In an ongoing libel action brought by a police officer, Gary Flood, against Times Newspapers Limited, The Times has successfully defended most of the publications on the grounds that they are protected by Reynolds qualified privilege.
16/10/2009
Free Speech v Privacy - 1 day conference on Tuesday 1st December 2009
Assessing the latest developments in Media Law and Human Rights, Catrin Evans will be speaking on Reporting Restrictions - How far do they protect privacy?
08/10/2009
One Brick Court scoop 2 awards at the Chambers and Partners Bar Awards 2009
One Brick Court are delighted to announce that Andrew Caldecott QC was awarded Defamation Silk of the year and One Brick Court was awarded Defamation set of the year
02/10/2009
Government launches consultation paper on “Controlling costs in defamation proceedings”
The Ministry of Justice has opened its long anticipated public consultation on costs in defamation claims. This follows criticism and debate in the courts and Parliament in recent years about high costs and the perception of some that they impact adversely on media defendants and freedom of expression in particular.
24/09/2009
MoJ launches consultation on “Defamation and the internet: the multiple publication rule”
The Ministry of Justice has launched a consultation seeking views on whether there is a need to introduce a ‘single publication rule’ to protect the publishers of online archives, to change the current law on limitation and/or to introduce a qualified privilege defence for online archives.
16/09/2009
One Brick Court is again listed as a “leading chambers” in Defamation and Privacy
The Legal 500 2009/10 published September 2009
20/09/2009
The fifth annual Chambers Bar Awards will be held on Thursday, 1st October 2009
We are delighted to be nominated in all 3 Defamation categories.
Richard Rampton QC & Andrew Caldecott QC have been nominated for Defamation Silk of the year. Last year’s winner Catrin Evans, has again been nominated for Defamation Junior of the Year and One Brick Court have been nominated for Defamation Chambers of the Year.
11/09/2009
New Costs Practice Direction for Defamation Proceedings
From 1 October 2009 to 30 September 2010 all new claims for libel, slander and malicious falsehood issued in the RCJ or the District Registry in Manchester will be subject to the requirements of the new Practice Direction 51D (Defamation Proceedings Costs Management Scheme).
10/09/2009
Metropolitan International Schools Ltd v (1) Designtechnica Corp (2) Google UK Ltd & (3) Google Inc
In a ground breaking decision the High Court today ruled that Google was not a publisher at common law in respect of defamatory “snippets” generated by a search on Google and displayed in its search results.
16/07/2009
Taranissi and BBC settle libel claim
The long-running libel claim brought by the fertility treatment expert Mohammed Taranissi against the BBC in respect of allegations made in a Panorama programme broadcast in January 2007 has settled.
Richard Rampton QC, Jane Phillips and Ian Helme appeared on behalf of Mr Taranissi
Manuel Barca and David Glen appeared on behalf of the BBC.
26/05/2009
Civil Litigation Costs Review – Lord Justice Jackson publishes his preliminary report
Lord Justice Jackson today published his preliminary report as part of his review of the costs of civil litigation. Any responses to the preliminary report must be submitted by the end of July 2009.
08/05/2009
Attendance of Media Representatives at Hearings in Family Proceedings
The new rules relating to the attendance of media representatives at hearings in family proceedings took effect on 27 April 2009.
27/04/2009
Government introduces further measures on costs in libel actions
As a response to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation “Controlling costs in defamation proceedings”, Jack Straw has announced two further measures (in addition to those in the new Practice Direction 51D) which will be effective from 1 October:
24/09/2009
Andrew Caldecott QC to chair Defamation and Privacy Conference 2009
The 16th annual IBC Defamation & Privacy conference will be held on 10th March 2009
10/02/2009
Austen Ivereigh v Associated Newspapers Ltd
The re-trial of this libel action by a judge and jury begins today. The
Claimant, a Catholic and the former spokesman for Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, is suing 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. The trial is expected to last 2 weeks.
Joanne Cash instructed by Charles Russell appears on behalf of the Claimant.
19/01/2009
Austen Ivereigh v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Former director of public affairs for Leader of the Catholic Church in
England and Wales wins libel action against the Daily Mail and is awarded £30,000
29/01/2009