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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases David Price KC acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 1714 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Misuse of private information is determined in two stages. The court first asks whether the claimant had a reasonable expectation of privacy. If so, it…
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94 |
| 1 Dec 2010 |
[2010] UKSC 53 · Supreme Court
The defence of honest comment requires the publication to identify, expressly or by implication, at least the general facts on which the comment is based. It…
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50 |
| 30 Jul 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 2242 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Section 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013 requires a claimant to prove, on the balance of probabilities, that publication has caused serious reputational harm or…
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38 |
| 12 Sep 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1334 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Section 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013 raises the common-law threshold for defamation from substantial to serious reputational harm. It does not otherwise…
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36 |
| 22 Feb 2006 |
[2006] EWCA Civ 294 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Disclosure in a breach of confidence claim must be confined to documents relevant to the factual issues identified by the pleadings and to evidence admissible…
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19 |
| 13 Aug 2014 |
[2014] EWHC 2831 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Under section 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013, a claimant must establish that publication has caused, or is likely to cause, serious reputational harm.…
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15 |
| 22 Mar 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 650 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
The natural and ordinary meaning of an alleged libel is determined from the publication as a whole and by its overall effect on the ordinary reasonable reader.…
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15 |
| 20 Feb 2015 |
[2015] EWCA Civ 121 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
On an application to strike out a pleaded defamatory meaning, the court asks only whether an ordinary reasonable reader could understand the publication in…
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10 |
| 19 Mar 2009 |
[2009] EWHC 539 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a libel claim, natural and ordinary meaning is determined objectively by asking how reasonable viewers or readers would understand the publication as a…
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8 |
| 26 Oct 2012 |
[2012] EWHC 2958 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In a libel action, meaning is determined objectively by the single meaning that the hypothetical reasonable reader would take from the publication as a whole…
|
8 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 1525 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
For professional defamation, an imputation need not allege habitual or general incompetence. A specific instance of professional negligence, or reasonable…
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1 |
| 24 May 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 1337 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In determining defamatory meaning, the court must assess the words as a whole and the inferences a reasonable reader would draw from their context. Chase…
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1 |
| 22 Mar 2019 |
[2019] EWHC 650 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
The natural and ordinary meaning of an alleged libel is determined from the publication as a whole and by its overall effect on the ordinary reasonable reader.…
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15 |
| 12 Feb 2018 |
[2018] EWCA Civ 170 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In defamation, meaning is determined by the impression conveyed to the ordinary reader, reading the words in their context. Dictionaries may be used as a…
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| 12 Sep 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1334 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Section 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013 raises the common-law threshold for defamation from substantial to serious reputational harm. It does not otherwise…
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36 |
| 12 Sep 2017 |
[2017] EWCA Civ 1327 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Once legal professional privilege is established, the law has already struck the balance between confidentiality and truth. Neither the public interest in…
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1 |
| 20 Jul 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 1783 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In an action for slander, the claimant must prove the actual words spoken. Where the evidence does not establish what words were published, the court cannot…
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| 29 Jan 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 147 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Whether a pre-trial publication attracts absolute privilege is determined when the publication occurs. Later use of the material in court cannot…
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| 18 Dec 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 3677 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Where legally privileged documents have been obtained and disclosed without authority, the court’s equitable confidentiality jurisdiction ordinarily requires…
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| 30 Jul 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 2242 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
Section 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013 requires a claimant to prove, on the balance of probabilities, that publication has caused serious reputational harm or…
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38 |
| 10 Jul 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 1987 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In defamation proceedings, a court may extend the ordinary limitation period only where it is equitable to do so, having regard to the statutory factors and…
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3 |
| 10 Jun 2015 |
[2015] EWHC 1634 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
For strike-out purposes, a pleaded defence should proceed to trial if the facts alleged, assuming they are proved, might support it. The ordinary threshold is…
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1 |
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