Jordan and Andre accept damages – BBC News
“Model Katie Price and husband Peter Andre have accepted ‘substantial damages’ over a News of the World article portraying them as bad parents.”
BBC News, 3rd July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: defamation
Max Mosley defeats News of the World challenge to orgy privacy case – The Times
“Max Mosley, the president of motor racing’s governing body, has been allowed to pursue his claim for breach of privacy against the News of the World over its report that he took part in a ‘Nazi-themed’ orgy.”
The Times, 2nd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Man sues friend over fake Facebook profile – Daily Telegraph
“A businessman is suing an old schoolfriend after he allegedly created a fake profile of him on the social networking site Facebook.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Burnham falls short of full apology to campaigner – The Independent
“The Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham, has moved to defuse his damaging ‘smears’ row with the civil liberties campaigner Shami Chakrabarti, but stopped short of saying sorry.”
The Independent, 21st June 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Shami Chakrabarti threatens to sue Andy Burnham over ‘slur’ – The Times
“A Cabinet Minister could face legal action by Britain’s leading human rights campaigner over allegations that he smeared her by making suggestive remarks about her relationship with David Davis.”
The Times, 20th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ozzy Osbourne wins Daily Star libel payout – The Guardian
“The Daily Star has agreed to pay substantial damages and apologise for an article that made false allegations about Ozzy Osbourne’s role as a host of this year’s Brit Awards.”
The Guardian, 5th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wayne Rooney pays libel damages to Everton boss David Moyes – The Times
“Everton manager David Moyes accepted ‘substantial’ libel damages at the High Court today over an allegation in Wayne Rooney’s autobiography which accused him of a ‘serious breach of trust’.”
The Times, 3rd June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Legal Opinion: How accusations of TV fakery led to a libel action – The Independent
“When West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service passed judgement publicly on the editing of ‘Undercover Mosque’, the programme-makers had no choice but to sue, writes their solicitor Nick Armstrong.”
The Independent, 21st May 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Guardian serves its defence on supermarket chain Tesco – The Guardian
“The Guardian yesterday made a formal offer of amends to the supermarket chain Tesco over reports which had claimed that the company had set up an elaborate complex of offshore companies to avoid paying up to £1bn of corporation tax on a series of property deals. But the newspaper made it clear that it would strenuously defend a malicious falsehood claim by the company.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police apologise for ‘fake’ claim over Channnel 4 mosque documentary – The Times
“The Crown Prosecution Service and West Midlands Police will apologise in the High Court today for wrongly accusing a Channel 4 film of faking an exposé of Islamic extremism.”
The Times, 15th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd – Times Law Reports
Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd
Court of Appeal
“The privilege which attached to a fair and accurate report of parliamentary proceedings was not necessarily lost because of the addition of extraneous nonprivileged material in the same article.”
The Times, 6th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
QC to advise racing chiefs on Max Mosley orgy – The Times
“The world governing body of motorsport has appointed a leading QC to provide it with an opinion as to whether its president, Max Mosley, was involved in Nazi-style role play during a sado-masochistic orgy with five prostitutes.”
The Times, 6th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd – WLR Daily
Curistan v Times Newspapers Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 432; [2008] WLR (D) 135
“The qualified privilege which attached to a ‘fair and accurate’ report of parliamentary proceedings was not necessarily lost because of the addition of extraneous non-privileged material in the same article. Where an article consisted in part only of passages entitled to such privilege, the meaning of the non-privileged passages was to be ascertained on the basis that the privileged passages merely provided the context in which the other statements were made, and the repetition rule, under which for the purpose of libel law a hearsay statement was the same as a direct statement, had no application to the privileged passages.”
WLR Daily, 1st May 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
OFT pays damages to Morrisons over dairy price-fixing claim – The Times
” The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has issued an unprecedented apology to Wm Morrison for wrongly suggesting that Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket group was guilty of fixing prices for butter and cheese five years ago.”
The Times, 23rd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
McCann case suspect issues record number of libel writs – The Guardian
“One of the formal suspects in the Madeleine McCann case is to sue 12 media outlets in what may be one of the largest libel claims in the history of the British media.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Carolyn McCall quits Tesco over Guardian libel action – The Times
“Carolyn McCall, the chief executive of Guardian Media Group, has resigned from the board of Tesco because of the supermarket’s pending libel suit against the company’s flagship newspaper.”
The Times, 11th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
TV presenter wins damages for affair reports – The Independent
“GMTV presenter Kate Garraway accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages today over allegations that she betrayed her husband by having an affair with Strictly Come Dancing partner Anton Du Beke.”
The Independent, 10th April 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Cage wins libel battle over ‘stolen dog’ – The Guardian
“Oscar winner Nicolas Cage today won a libel action against the Daily Mail and actor Kathleen Turner over false allegations that he had twice been arrested for drink-driving and had stolen a dog.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pallion Housing company agree record payout to Gentoo Group – The Times
“An online campaign of harassment against a housing group and its chief executive has ended with a record payout for defamation on the internet.”
The Times, 4th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Morrissey accepts apology for ‘racist’ slur – The Times
“Morrissey, the singer, accepted a public apology yesterday over a suggestion that he was a racist and a hypocrite.”
The Times, 4th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
