Ryan Giggs loses damages claim against the Sun – BBC News
“A damages claim by Manchester United and Wales footballer Ryan Giggs against the Sun newspaper has been thrown out by a High Court judge.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: injunctions
Caroline Spelman facing six-figure legal bill over bid to stop press printing story about son – Daily Telegraph
“Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is facing a six-figure legal bill after losing a High Court bid to stop a newspaper publishing a story about her teenage son’s rugby-playing career.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
City of London v Samede and others – WLR Daily
City of London v Samede and others: [2012] EWCA Civ 160; [2012] WLR (D) 41
“While it could be appropriate for the court to take into account the general character of the views whose expression the Convention on Human Rights was being invoked to protect, namely the article 10 (freedom of expression) and article 11 (freedom of assembly) rights of demonstrators on the public highway, it was very difficult to see how those rights could ever prevail against the will of the landowner when the demonstrators were continuously and exclusively occupying public land, breaching not just the owner’s property rights and certain statutory provisions, but significantly interfering with the public and Convention rights of others, and causing other problems connected with health, nuisance and the like, especially in circumstances where the occupation had already continued for months and was likely to continue indefinitely.”
WLR Daily, 22nd February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Channel 4’s Dispatches wins high court battle to screen Viagogo investigation – The Guardian
“Channel 4’s Dispatches has won a legal battle with the ticketing giant Viagogo over an undercover investigation into alleged ‘hidden practices’ at the online retailer.”
The Guardian, 23rd February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Abu Qatada case: Judge details landlord’s privacy order – BBC News
“A High Court judge has revealed why radical cleric Abu Qatada’s landlord was given anonymity after he was repeatedly contacted by journalists.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Caterpillar Logistics Service (UK) Ltd v de Crean – WLR Daily
Caterpillar Logistics Service (UK) Ltd v de Crean [2012] EWCA Civ 156; [2012] WLR (D) 40
“The court had power under section 37 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 to grant barring-out relief, but if it could ever be granted to an employer against an employee it could only be in the most exceptional circumstances.”
WLR Daily, 21st February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
St Paul’s protesters refused appeal – The Independent
“Anti-capitalist protesters camping outside St Paul’s Cathedral were today refused permission by the Court of Appeal to challenge orders evicting them.”
The Independent, 22nd February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Failed superinjunctions: a brief history – Daily Telegraph
“Ryan Giggs has finally given up his anonymity over his alleged affair with model Imogen Thomas. He is not the first celebrity to see a superinjunction fail.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Ryan Giggs finally gives up anonymity over Imogen Thomas ‘affair’ – Daily Telegraph
“Manchester United and Wales star Ryan Giggs finally gave up all rights to anonymity in the High Court today over his alleged affair with glamour model Imogen Thomas.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court orders Surrey library plans judicial review – BBC News
“A judicial review of Surrey County Council’s plans for some libraries to be run by volunteers has been ordered by the High Court.”
BBC News, 4th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Teenager jailed for breaching new gang injunction – BBC News
“A teenager from north London has become the first in England or Wales to be jailed for breaching a new gang injunction.”
BBC News, 1st February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Star Reefers Pool Inc v JFC Group Co Ltd – WLR Daily
Star Reefers Pool Inc v JFC Group Co Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 14; [2012] WLR (D) 3
“A judge’s decision that a party’s foreign proceedings were vexatious or oppressive was an evaluative judgment in a matter on which there was a right or wrong answer, not an exercise of discretion. Accordingly it was open to the Court of Appeal to conduct a serious review of the issue.”
WLR Daily, 20th January 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court halts Surrey library volunteers plan – BBC News
“Campaigners have won a High Court injunction stopping Surrey County Council from replacing paid staff at 10 libraries with volunteers.”
BBC News, 21st January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
City of London wins court bid to evict Occupy LSX protestors – The Lawyer
“The City of London Corporation (COLC) has won its High Court bid to evict protestors from their camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral after Mr Justice Lindblom granted orders for possession and injunctions against protestors in December.”
The Lawyer, 18th January 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Injunction 4 sex pics on mob – UK Human Rights Blog
“If you lose your mobile phone with highly confidential and private information on it, all may not be lost. The unscrupulous finder may be prevented from blurting its contents all over the web, even if the identity of that person is unknown to you or the court. It requires considerable input of computer expertise, but it is possible, as this case (cleverly taken in the Technology and Construction Court) illustrates.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th Janaury 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Woman wins legal judgement forbidding anyone from sharing her photos online – The Independent
“A woman who had sexually explicit self-portraits uploaded onto the internet after her mobile phone was stolen has won a landmark legal judgement forbidding anyone from sharing the photos online.”
The Independent, 10th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Imogen Thomas speaks of ‘nightmare’ as she is cleared of blackmail accusations – Daily Telegraph
“The Big Brother contestant won an eight-month legal battle when the High Court in London heard Manchester United player Giggs, 38, now accepts she never wanted to reveal private details.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Terror asset-freezing laws ‘intrusive and humiliating’ – The Guardian
“Asset-freezing powers that are exercised under counter-terrorism legislation are ‘an intrusive and humiliating experience’ for a number of British citizens, the government’s independent reviewer of anti-terror laws has warned in a report.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Cusack v Harrow London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Cusack v Harrow London Borough Council: [2011] EWCA Civ 1514; [2011] WLR (D) 357
“A highway authority had power under section 66(2) of the Highways Act 1980, but not under section 80, to erect posts so as to prevent vehicular access to a frontager’s forecourt in order to safeguard users of the highway. If the highway authority exercised that power the frontager would become entitled to compensation under section 66(8) of the 1980 Act.”
WLR Daily, 7th December 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Birmingham University gets high court injunction against sit-in protesters – The Guardian
“One of the biggest universities in the UK has obtained a high court injunction that criminalises all occupation-style protests on its 250-acre campus for the next 12 months, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 8th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
