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JAN 07 2015
The requirement for a serious harm threshold in defamation proceedings
Defamation solicitors at Taylor Hampton explain the development of the new “serious harm” requirement under the Defamation Act 2013, which arose from the firm’s involvement in the landmark Thornton v Telegraph Media Group case. The first step in suing for defamation is establishing that the statement was defamatory. There is no single definition of what…
Read moreDEC 05 2014
Defending Your Professional Reputation
Defamation solicitors at Taylor Hampton explain how you can protect your professional reputation Reputation is the cornerstone of an individual’s business, trade or profession. Developed over the course of several years, or even decades, it can be lost within the space of a few days across a range of media platforms. Dr Serrano Garcia’s recent…
Read moreNOV 04 2014
Taylor Hampton recognised in the 2014 Chambers and Partners ranking
Taylor Hampton Solicitors along with Daniel Taylor have again been recognised in the field of defamation and privacy in the 2014 Chambers and Partners Rankings, the authoritative legal guide. What the team is known for “Impressive track record acting for claimants in high-profile and innovative reputation management cases. Recognised for its prolific involvement in phone…
Read moreOCT 30 2014
Up to nine Mirror Group journalists face ‘imminent’ phone hacking charges
Various Claimants v Mirror Group Newspapers Limited Up to nine former Mirror Group journalists and executives could face “imminent” criminal charges over phone hacking. A civil court heard this week that four files now in the hands of Operation Golding contained documents including emails and expenses claims for disposable mobile phones. These files were described by Met’s…
Read moreOCT 06 2014
Garcia V ANL
The High Court has today ruled in Dr Jose Antonio Garcia Serrano v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2014] EWHC 3137 (QB) that an article in the Daily Mail accusing family doctor Antonio Serrano of subjecting a patient to a whole year of hell arising out his being a “foreign doctor” was untrue and defamatory and has awarded…
Read moreSEP 24 2014
Mirror Newspapers phone Hacking Litigation
Various Claimants v MGN Limited Mirror Group Newspapers have today admitted for the first time the unlawful interception of voicemail messages and to obtaining call data by deception. This follows years of vigorously denying that any such unlawful conduct had taken place. They have also for the first time expressed regret and apologised to those…
Read moreMAY 20 2014
Right to be Forgotten
Is there a Google or other search engine entry which is a cause of concern for you? Last week the European Court in a case involving Google confirmed that individuals have a right to require search engines to remove links to web pages containing information about them which is “inadequate”, “irrelevant, “no longer relevant”, or…
Read moreNOV 06 2013
Mirror Group
Mirror Group Newspapers (“MGN”) has today failed in its attempt to dismiss crucial evidence of phone hacking in High Court actions brought against it by former England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati, the former nanny to David and Victoria Beckham’s children Abbie Gibson, and the former Captain of Blackburn Rovers Garry…
Read moreJUN 13 2013
Euromoney
Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc v (1) Aviation News Ltd (2) Philip Tozer-Pennington This case concerned a dispute between two publishing and events companies for the aviation sector focusing on the financing and leasing of aircraft. Our clients, Aviation News and Phillip Tozer- Pennington, were the defendants in this claim by Euromoney which alleged defamation in…
Read moreAPR 10 2013
Case Law
Rothschild v Associated Newspapers Limited [2013] EWCA Civ 197 10 April 2013 (Valerie Paisner) Last month’s unanimous Court of Appeal judgment in Rothschild v Associated Newspapers Limited, in which the financier, Nat Rothschild, lost his libel appeal against the defence of justification, provides interesting guidance on the circumstances in which a defendant need prove only…
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