Gentoo Group Ltd and Peter Walls issued claims against various individuals who set up a website and chat room forum, dadsplace.co.uk, on which they anonymously posted defamatory statements, including allegations of corruption, nepotism and the promotion of female employees in return for sexual favours by Mr Walls. The postings were made over a two year … Read more
On 9 April, Mr Justice Eady delivered judgment on an application by Max Mosley for an injunction to restrain the News of the World (NOTW) from making available on its website an extract from a videotape. The facts behind the application were as follows. Max Mosley (the fourth son of Sir Oswald Mosley) is President … Read more
The Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland on 10 March allowed an appeal by the Irish News against the first instance decision of a jury that a review of Ciarnan Convery’s Belfast restaurant, Goodfellas, published by the Irish News, was defamatory. The jury awarded Mr Convery damages of £25,000. The Court of Appeal held that … Read more
