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Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Schillings International LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 7 May 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 446 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Misuse of private information is assessed in two stages. The court first asks objectively whether the claimant had a reasonable expectation of privacy, having…
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83 |
| 3 Apr 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 295 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A confidential relationship does not make every item of information obtained during it private. A reasonable expectation of privacy must be assessed separately…
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45 |
| 16 Nov 2010 |
[2010] EWCA Civ 1276 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a claim concerning proposed publication of private information, the court must first determine whether the information attracts a reasonable expectation of…
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28 |
| 1 May 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1058 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Liability for misuse of private information is determined objectively. Dishonesty, malice and bad faith on the publisher’s part are irrelevant both to whether…
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25 |
| 11 Feb 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 273 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Personal correspondence about private and family life is presumptively private. Public status, previous publicity about related matters, a recipient’s…
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19 |
| 29 Jul 2011 |
[2011] EWCA Civ 937 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An allegation that a person seeks to change a sport’s structure, negotiates confidentially, induces a breach of contract or contravenes its regulations is not…
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15 |
| 12 Apr 2011 |
[2011] EWCA Civ 409 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Information about family or private life does not automatically attract protection under article 8. The claimant must have a reasonable expectation of privacy.…
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14 |
| 30 Apr 2008 |
[2008] EWCA Civ 432 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A fair and accurate report of public legislative proceedings which satisfies section 15 of the Defamation Act 1996 attracts qualified privilege. The report…
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13 |
| 19 Jul 2013 |
[2013] EWCA Civ 886 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A principal is entitled to require a former agent to produce documents relating to the principal’s affairs for inspection and copying. That incident of agency…
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13 |
| 25 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 884 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a defamation claim, an unnamed claimant is identified if the words would reasonably lead persons acquainted with the claimant to believe that it was the…
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11 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2025 |
[2025] EWCA Civ 548 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A public authority with a justiciable policy must ordinarily follow it, but may depart where it has a good reason. The court determines the policy’s meaning…
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1 |
| 28 Feb 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 418 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A public authority’s policy or established practice may be justiciable even where it concerns national security and the Royal Prerogative. The duty to follow…
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| 27 Feb 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 400 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In determining the meaning of a television broadcast, the court must assess the broadcast as a whole from the perspective of the ordinary reasonable viewer…
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| 29 Jan 2024 |
[2024] EWHC 138 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
For the purposes of the core-terms exemption in regulation 6(2) of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Regulations 1999, a dependent contract is not treated as part…
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| 8 Dec 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 3120 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
At an interlocutory stage, a defence of honest opinion should be struck out only if it discloses no reasonable grounds, or summarily dismissed only if it has…
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2 |
| 1 Dec 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 3092 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In a claim for libel based on an expression of opinion, the statutory defence of honest opinion permits reliance on additional facts closely connected with the…
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4 |
| 25 Jul 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 884 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a defamation claim, an unnamed claimant is identified if the words would reasonably lead persons acquainted with the claimant to believe that it was the…
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11 |
| 23 May 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 1228 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A public authority may formulate a general policy on whether privately funded specialist police protection should be made available, even though the statutory…
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| 31 Oct 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2718 (KB) · High Court: King's Bench Division
In a defamation claim involving a corporate group, reference depends on identifying the person or company that is the subject of the allegations. A publication…
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3 |
| 26 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2469 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In determining meaning in a libel claim, the court must assess the publication as a whole and identify whether particular passages convey fact, opinion, or…
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1 |
| 8 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 1755 (QB) · High Court: Queen's Bench Division
In determining the meaning of a publication, the court must identify the single natural and ordinary meaning conveyed to the hypothetical ordinary reasonable…
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| 24 Mar 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 682 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Restrictions on public access to court documents must represent the minimum necessary derogation from open justice. The court must balance public access to…
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1 |
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