Dominic Crossley: Libel Table - Annex

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Case Number PartiesDate of

publication

Date ofClaimFormIssue

Date

Date ofTrial/Hearing

(Length of

Trial/Hearing)

Date ofJudgment

CaseCitation

Judge ResultType of Trial or

otherdetermination

Monthsbetween

Publication

and Issue

Monthsbetween

Issue and

Judgment

TLJ/06/0993

StevenTrumm v

KeithNorman

18/05/2005and again inJune 2005

29November 2005

21 January - 22January 2008

29 January2008

[2008]EWHC

116(QB)

Tugendhat J 7,500 Trial 6 26

HQ06X03350

Ivereigh vAssociate

dNewspapers Limited

Jun-0606

November 2006

1 February2008

Eady J andJury. Juryunable todecide.

Retrial in 2009

Trial 5 15

7MA90367Gregg vO'Gara

April 2006; 11November

2006; and 21

November2006.

30March

2007

10 March 2008 10 March 2008

[2008]EWHC

658(QB)

King J 50,000SummaryJudgment

11 11

IHJ/07/1047

Sharma vSingh andAssociate

dNewspape

rs

03 August2006

21-30 April 200885,000 toClaimant.

Trial * *

HQ06X03394

AtlantisWorld

Group ofCompanie

s NV &

another vGruppo

EditorialeL'Espress

o SPA

06 July 200608

November 2006

16 May 2008 16 May 2008[2008]EWHC1323

Sir Charles

Gray

Defendants

succeededTrial 4 18

Table of Libel Cases 2008-2010 *


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HQ07X044333

ApplauseStore

Productions Limited

& Matthew

Firsht vGrant

Raphael

19 June 200721

December 2007

30 June 3 July2008

24 July 2008

[2008]EWHC1781

(QB)

RichardParkes QC

5,000 to C1;15,000 to

C2Trial 6 7

HQ08X00639

Gallowayv Jewish

Communications Ltd

19February 2008

01 July 2008 1 July 2008 Eady JClaimantawarded15,000

Damages onlyhearing

* 5

Keating vLarge

August 2006 -January 2007

16August

2007

12 August2008

RichardParkes QC

Defendantdid not

appear -

45,000

Trial on damages 12 12

HQ07X02208Brady vNorman

01-Jul-0626 June

20076-7 October 2008

20 October2008

[2008]EWHC2481(QB)

RichardParkes QCand Jury

30,000 Trial 12 16

HQ06X01029

Hussein vFarooq

andOthers

4 or 6 April

2006

13-14 October

2008

22 October

2008

[2008]EWHC

2487(QB)

Eady J

Judge ruledafter two

days in courtthat theclaimantcould notprove thatthe words

complainedof were

published

Trial * *


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TLJ/08/0156

Briscoe-Mitchell vHodder &

StoughtonLtd

Jan-06

15Septem

ber2006

October/November 2008/ (10

days)

1 November

2008

Tugendhat J

and Jury

Justificationdefence

succeeded

Trial 8 26

HQ06X03350

Ivereigh vAssociate

dNewspape

rs Ltd

Jun-0606

November 2006

(10 days)1 January

2009Eady J and

JuryJudgment for

30,000Trial 5 26

7LV90185Noorani v

Calver28 June 2007 16 March 2009 17 March 2009

[2009]EWHC

561(QB)

Coulson JClaimant's

claim struckout

Strike outapplication

* *

HQ06X02138Ahmed vShafique

Mar-063-6 February2009 and 12

February 200925 March 2009

[2009]EWHC

618Sharp J

Judgment forfalse arrest -slander claimunsuccessful

Trial for Slanderand False Arrest

* *

George vNewsGroup

Newspapers Ltd

(10 days) 2 April 2009Sharp J and

JuryJudgment for

75,000Trial * *

HQ07X03635Quinton vPeirce &Cooper

01 May 200723

October2007

1-6 April 2009 30 April 2009[2009]EWHC

912Eady J

Judge ruledin favour ofdefendants

Trial 5 18


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HQ08X01338(High Court)

/A2/2009/1831/2(Court ofAppeal)

Khader vAziz

12 April 2007

08 April2008and

then on11

March2009

24 July 2009

(High Court);19/05/2010

(Court of Appeal)

31 July 2009

(High Court);23.6.10 (Court

of Appeal)

[2010]EWCACiv 716

Maurice Kay,

Carnwath andMoore-Bick

LJJ

summaryjudgment or

strike outapplication

(both applied

for byDefendants)in High Court

actionsucceeded;

appealdismissed

Summary judgmentor strike out at High

Court; appeal ofHigh Court

judgment at CoA

12 15

Bloom vRobinson-

Millar

7 October2009

[2009]All ER

75Sharp J

Judgment for30,000

* *

TLJ/09/0275

GaryFlood vTimes

Newspapers

02 June 200631 May2007

15-17 July 2009;20 July 2009

16 October2009

[2009]EWHC2375(QB)

Tugendhat J

Qualifiedprivilegedefence

succeeded.C succeeded

on post ofSeptember

2007 websitepublication.CA hearing

on 25 and 26May 2010

Trial 11 29

HQ09D04510

Ali vAssociate

d

Newspapers

18 January2009 and 19

January 2009

08October

2009

15 January 201027 January

2010

[2010]EWHC

100

(QB)

Eady J

Defendantsucceeded in

summary

judgment.

Libel Strike Out andsummary judgment.

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HQ07X01481

Berezovsky v

RussianTelevision

01 April 200703 May

2007

8-9,11-12,15-16,18-19

February 201010 March 2010

[2010]EWHC

476(QB).

Eady JJudgment forClaimant of150,000

Libel Trial 1 34

HQ08X04447Hughes vRisbridger

14 December2007

10November 2008

1-3 March 2010 11 March 2010

[2010]EWHC

491(QB)

Eady JDefendantssucceeded

on strike out.Trial 11 16

HQ09X02033Budu vBBC

23 June2004;24 June2004 and 2July 2004

14 May2009

11-12 February2010

23 March 2010[2010]EWHC

616Eady J

Defendantssucceeded

on strike out.

Strike Out orsummary judgment

application59 10

HQ09X01648

Dee vTelegraph

MediaGroup

23 April 200821 April

200925-26 February

201028 April 2010

[2010]EWHC

924Sharp J

Defendant'sapplicationsuccessful

Summary judgmentapplication by

Defendant12 12

IHJ/10/0129 orIHJ/20/0186

Hays plc vHartley

09/01/2009;11 January

2009

31March2009

5-6 May 1010 17 May 2010

[2010]EWHC1068(QB)

Tugendhat J

Strike outaction by

Defendantsucceeded

Summary judgmentor strike out

application byClaimant and strikeout by Defendant.

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IHJ/10/0230 andIHJ/09/0886(first case

number in 2009re application

decided by SirCharles Gray)

Thornton vTelegraph

Media

Group

1 November2008

26 May 2010 16 June 2010[2010]EWHC1414

Tugendhat JSummary

judgment forDefendant.

Summaryjudgment, andalternatively a

ruling on meaningin relation to one of

the wordscomplained of, byDefendant

* *

TLJ/09/0275(High Court) /A2/2009/2415

(Court ofAppeal)

Flood vTimes

Newspapers

02 June 200631 May2007

25-26 May 2010 13 July 2010

[2010]EWCA

Civ804[2010] EMLR

26

Master of theRolls, Moore-

Bick andMoses LJJ

Defendant'sappeal

dismissedand

Claimant'scross-appealsucceeded.

Appeal and cross-appeal of HighCourt action

*

*FromHighCourt

judgmentto Appeal

trial - 6months;

tojudgment8 months

HQ08X00922Kaschke v

Gray

07/04/2007; 8April 2007; 9April 2007;May 2007

10March2008

9 and 12 July2010

23 July 2010[2010]EWHC1907(QB)

Stadlen JDefendant'sstrike outapplicationsuccessful

Strike outapplication

11 28

Total Average inMonths for 2008-2010 (inclusive)

9.9 17.5
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