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17 Apr 2019 13:31
Misuse of private information by Channel 5 documentary - public interest test, and damagesAli & Anor v Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 677 Part of the defendant’s documentary portrayed the claimants’ eviction. It included footage that the judge found represented an intrusion into their private life, not justified by the public interest, nor by legitimate exercise by the more...
22 Feb 2019 09:23
Who's telling? Do Non-Disclosure Agreements have a proper place in settlements?Who’s telling? Do Non-Disclosure Agreements have a proper place in settlements? 21 FEB, 2019 - GENERAL | BY GROSVENOR LAW NDAs in the firing line The news of Sir Philip Green’s use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and the resultant parliamentary discussion has been the subject of considerable more...
11 Feb 2019 14:25
Linklaters LLP & Linklaters Business Services v Mellish [2019] EWHC 177 (QB)Linklaters LLP & Linklaters Business Services v Mellish [2019] EWHC 177 (QB) Case date: 05/02/2019 Court: High Court, Queen’s Bench Division (Media and Communications List) Area/s of law: Breach of Confidence | Injunctions Barrister/s: Andrew Caldecott QC | Aidan Eardley Background The Claimants more...
11 Feb 2019 09:53
The right to stay in the shadows? Privacy during criminal investigationsThe police are investigating you and searching your home. Do the press have the right to report it? No, they don’t, according to the High Court in Sir Cliff Richard OBE v BBC and the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police. Investigation in the public eye In 2014, South Yorkshire Police (SYP) more...
31 Jan 2019 10:02
Confidentiality in the Age of the Public RegisterDoes your case involve matters of national security? Are those matters so important that the Crown has applied for it to be excluded from the Public Register of judgments? Probably not – and so any judgment in the case will be publicly accessible and the Employment Tribunal has no power to order more...
30 Jan 2019 15:33
Privacy and the peace protestor — an extended lookDominic Ruck Keene is a barrister at One Crown Office Row. The European Court of Human Rights has held in Catt v The United Kingdom (43514/15)) that that the retention by UK police of information on the Domestic Extremism Database about a 90 year-old activist’s presence at political protests was a more...
9 Jan 2019 16:05
Are your website terms and conditions shipshape?Having been awarded a £13.8m contract to run freight services following a possible no-deal Brexit, Seaborne Freight was left red-faced after its website terms and conditions appeared to have been copied from a takeaway restaurant. Using Sparqa Legal’s expertly-drafted set of legal documents and more...
15 Nov 2018 15:41
NDAs – the good, the bad and the ugly!The recent allegations that Sir Philip Green has used Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) to cover up sexual harassment and racism in the workplace has put these agreements back into the spotlight. Nonetheless, despite the increased controversy of using NDAs to protect reputation, there remain more...
7 Nov 2018 09:01
Jane Phillips successfully obtained a final injunction and costs on behalf of the London Borough of Croydon (“LBC”) on 5 November 2018An interim injunction had been sought by LBC as a matter of urgency to restrain a threatened breach of confidence by the Defendants. It was granted by Mrs Justice O’Farrell on 30 August 2017 and continued until trial or further order on 6 September 2017 by Mr Justice Lavender who gave short reasons more...
2 Nov 2018 09:30
One Brick Court recognised as a leading media, communications and information law set by Chambers and Partners 2019Chambers and Partners has once again recognised One Brick Court as one of the top media, communications and information law sets with rankings in Defamation and Privacy and Data Protection categories in the 2019 guide. Our 20 members have 24 rankings between them. The latest publication recognises more...
30 Oct 2018 15:13
Chambers ranked by Legal 500 for data protection and defamation and privacyThe Legal 500 has recognised One Brick Court as a tier 1 set for defamation and privacy and tier 2 set for data protection, with individual members ranked highly in data protection, privacy, defamation and media and entertainment. One Brick Court boasts ‘a host of highly expert and excellent counsel more...
30 Oct 2018 13:34
Philip Green and non-disclosure agreements: do we have a right to know?The circumstances in which a court should prevent the press from reporting information about famous people has long provoked debate. The decision of the Court of Appeal in ABC & Ors v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2329 is no exception, attracting extensive press coverage and comment more...
What Lord Hain didn’t consider when he rushed to name Philip Green
A piece for iNews today following Lord Hain’s decision to invoke Parliamentary privilege to name Philip Green in defiance of a court injunction. You can read my musings here. more...
26 Oct 2018 11:27
David Glen awarded Junior of the Year in Defamation & PrivacyOne Brick Court are delighted to announce that David Glen was awarded Defamation Junior of the Year at last night’s Chambers and Partners Bar Awards, held at The London Hilton, Park Lane. Chambers and Partners Bar Awards, are the leading awards recognising outstanding barristers and sets in the UK more...
26 Oct 2018 07:47
Lord Garnier QC discusses NDAs and ABC v Telegraph Media GroupOne Brick Court’s Head of Chambers, Lord Garnier QC, appeared on Radio 4’s PM programme yesterday. He was interviewed by presenter, Carolyn Quinn, discussing NDAs and the Court of Appeal judgment in ABC v Telegraph Media Group. The interview is available here (from 23.20). more...
9 Oct 2018 08:19
SRA and BSB warning on NDAsThe Times has revealed that eight law firms are being investigated over the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) (or so-called “gagging orders”) to silence alleged victims of sexual abuse, more than doubling the number of claims under investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) more...
SIR CLIFF V BBC – A NEW ERA IN THE REPORTING OF POLICE INVESTIGATIONS?
On the 14 August 2014, the Berkshire home of Sir Cliff Richard was searched by South Yorkshire Police (‘SYP’) in connection with allegations of historic child sexual abuse. The BBC broadcast the search more or less as it was taking place, giving it extensive coverage, including aerial shots by more...
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