New dog laws: What pet owners need to know from today – Daily Telegraph
‘A breakdown of the new legal powers police have to help prevent dog attacks.’
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: injunctions
Authors’ concerns after court rules writer can’t publish sex abuse memoir – Daily Telegraph
‘Leading authors have expressed their “grave concern” at a court ruling which has prevented a writer from publishing a book dealing with the sexual abuse he suffered as a child. The author’s ex-wife has obtained a temporary injunction stopping the memoir’s release until the issue has been decided at trial. She argued that reading it would cause their 11 year-old son, who suffers from a number of disabilities, severe psychological harm.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Jackson rules on causing psychological harm by intentional statement – Litigation Futures
‘Lord Justice Jackson has joined two other Court of Appeal judges in ruling that publication of a book detailing a father’s sexual abuse at school could amount to deliberately causing psychological harm to his son under the principles set out in an “obscure tort”.’
Litigation Futures, 14th October 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Fathers 4 Justice couple lose injunction claim – The Independent
‘The couple behind the pressure group Fathers4Justice who claimed a former lobbyist was harassing them have had an application for an injunction against him dismissed due to “a total absence of evidence”.’
The Independent, 10th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court lifts £1.6m freezing order against City solicitor – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The High Court has lifted a £1.6m freezing order against a solicitor after declaring that it was based ‘on the flimsiest foundations’.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th October 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
When does a righteous campaign shade into harassment? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Merlin Entertainments LPC, Chessington World of Adventures Operations and others v Peter Cave [2014] EWHC 3036 (QB) 25 September 2014. This case explores the extent to which a campaign of criticism, conducted by internet and email, can merit restraint by the civil courts. As the judge says, whatever the aims of the campaign in question, its supporters may, in the course of their activities, annoy, irritate, and upset companies and individuals. But should the courts interfere, before the question whether the campaign is justified has been decided? And to what extent is such a campaign a criminal offence?’
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th September 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Law firm wins injunction against former client over online harassment – Legal Futures
‘A law firm has won an injunction against a former client who set up websites about the firm with its name in the URL, after the High Court deemed his actions to be harassment.’
Legal Futures, 29th September 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Cartier launches legal attempt to block websites selling counterfeit goods – The Guardian
‘Cartier International, the luxury watch and jewellery company, is attempting to block websites allegedly selling counterfeit goods in a test case that could have far-reaching consequences for the internet. Lawyers for the Paris-based company launched their claim at the high court in London on Thursday. It is believed to be the first time online service providers have been asked to close down websites on the grounds that they feature pirated trademark logos.’
The Guardian, 25th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former Times lawyer loses appeal against SDT – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A former legal director of Times Newspapers Ltd was guilty of “recklessly” rather than “knowingly” misleading the court in relation to litigation over revelations about the “NightJack” blogger, the High Court has ruled.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th September 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Judge tells masseuse to stop harassing Russell Brand and Jemima Khan – The Guardian
‘Celebrity couple win court order in ongoing dispute with Szilvia Berki, which they say has caused considerable distress.’
The Guardian, 11th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court: making defendant pay 10% more for rejecting part 36 offer would add “penal element” – Litigation Futures
‘A High Court judge has ruled that making a defendant who rejected a part 36 offer pay an additional 10% of the sum awarded for costs would introduce a “penal element” and be unjust.’
Litigation Futures, 13th August 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
M v Times Newspapers Ltd and others – WLR Daily
M v Times Newspapers Ltd and others [2014] EWCA Civ 1132; [2014] WLR (D) 371
‘The decision of a court to allow publication of a report which might lead to the identification of a person who had been arrested but not charged with any offence and was not a party to criminal proceedings would not be interfered with unless the court, in carrying out the evaluative exercise of balancing the competing public interest of freedom of expression in a report of court proceedings against the person’s right to private and family life, had erred in principle or reached a conclusion which was plainly wrong.’
WLR Daily, 1st August 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Appeal court backs publication of arrest names – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A man arrested but never charged over sexual offences has failed to persuade the Court of Appeal that newspapers should be barred from identifying him.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th August 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Supreme Court calls time on Greek yoghurt food fight – The Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court has sided with the makers of Total yoghurt, Fage, in refusing US rival Chobani permission to appeal the definition of Greek yoghurt.’
The Lawyer, 30th July 2014
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Coventry and others (Respondents) v Lawrence and another (Appellants) – Supreme Court
Coventry and others (Respondents) v Lawrence and another (Appellants) [2014] UKSC 46 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 23rd July 2014
Applications Without Notice: A Practitioner’s Guide – Family Law Week
‘Rodney Noon, solicitor, provides a detailed review of the law and practice of – and the court’s attitude to – without notice applications in family proceedings.’
Family Law Week, 17th July 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Applications Without Notice: A Practitioner’s Guide – Family Law Week
‘Rodney Noon, solicitor, provides a detailed review of the law and practice of – and the court’s attitude to – without notice applications in family proceedings.’
Family Law Week, 17th July 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
In re DE (A Child) (Care Order: Change of Care Plan) – WLR Daily
In re DE (A Child) (Care Order: Change of Care Plan) [2014] EWFC 6 ; [2014] WLR (D) 246
‘Any local authority and court making decisions about the long term future of children had to address all the options which were realistically possible before coming to a decision and, where a care order had been granted on the basis of a care plan providing that the child should remain at home, a local authority considering changing the plan and removing the child permanently from the family was obliged in law to follow the same approach and had to have regard to the fact that permanent placement outside the family was to be preferred only as a last resort where nothing else would do. While that process was being carried out, the child should remain at home under the care order unless his safety and welfare required that he be removed immediately.’
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Judge prevents Theresa May sending asylum-seeker back to lawless Somalia – The Independent
‘The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has been accused of acting unlawfully by forcing the removal of failed Somali asylum-seekers to Mogadishu where they fear they will be murdered by Islamic militants. In what is being seen as a test case affecting thousands of Somalis in Britain, a judge has granted an injunction at the last minute halting the removal of a 23-year-old man, identified only as Abdullah, who was due to be flown back to Mogadishu on Tuesday.’
The Independent, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
