Case Law: ZAM v CFW, Court awards anonymity for victim of libellous “paedophile” allegations – Rosalind English

The permanent damage that internet publications can inflict is very much the focus of Tugendhat J’s assessment of damages in the case of ZAM v CFW & Anor [2013] EWHC 662 (QB), encapsulated in the memorable description he quoted in an earlier judgment: “what is to be found on the internet may become like a tattoo“.

Case Law: Ambrosiadou v Coward: Final Injunctions and Third Parties – Sara Mansoori

One aspect of the long running, international litigation between Elena Ambrosiadou and Martin Coward has finally come to an end with Mr Coward agreeing to submit to a permanent injunction and to pay £50,000 in damages to settle the privacy proceedings brought against him by his former wife. Ms Ambrosiadou’s Press Release and the Statement in Open Court can be read here.

News: Mr Justice Tugendhat’s speech on specialist media law judges – Gervase de Wilde

Mr Justice Tugendhat, the judge in charge of the jury list and the de facto chief media judge in England and Wales, has delivered a lecture on the role of specialist judges in deciding cases in the field. The Judge was giving the keynote address, to an audience of media lawyers and others, at the 5RB Media and Entertainment Law Conference in London on Thursday 27 September 2012.

Analysis: Privacy cases re-visited, a year on from Super Injunction Spring – Judith Townend

A year on from the introduction of the Master of the Rolls’ Practice Guidance, six privacy injunctions have been discharged, but with the claimant’s anonymity maintained in each case. The British media, however, hasn’t had much to say.

News: Six Privacy Injunctions Discharged, Anonymity Retained

In a judgment handed down on Monday 30 July 2012 (JIH v NGN and other cases [2012] EWHC 2179 (QB)) Mr Justice Tugendhat noted that seven privacy injunctions granted against News Group Newspapers in 2010 and 2011 had been discharged by consent.  In each case, the anonymity of the claimant was retained.  Agreements to discharge the injunctions had been prompted by Case Management letter from the court.