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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
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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.
9 3
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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.
3 14
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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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