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H v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Hearings

England & Wales

05 Nov 2010 [2010] EWHC 2818 (QB); [2011] EMLR 9, QBD (Tugendhat J)

18 Nov 2010 [2010] EWHC 2979 (QB), QBD (Tugendhat J)

31 Jan 2011 (Practice Note) [2011] EWCA Civ 42; [2011] 1 WLR 1645; [2011] 2 All ER 324; [2011] 2 FCR 95; [2011] EMLR 15; [2011] WLR (D) 27; (2011) 161 NLJ 211; The Times, 7 February 2011, CA (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury MR, Maurice Kay, Smith LJJ)

Additional names

JIH v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Subject Matter

HUMAN RIGHTS — Respect for private and family life — Interference with — Freedom of expression — Reporting restrictions — Newspaper report concerning private life of well-known sportsman — Claimant obtaining injunction to restrain publication of further confidential information with anonymity in proceedings — Balance of competing Convention rights — Proper approach when determining whether anonymity to be ordered — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10

[2010] EWHC 2818 (QB); [2011] EMLR 9, QBD

[2010] EWHC 2979 (QB), QBD

[2011] EWCA Civ 42; [2011] 1 WLR 1645; [2011] 2 All ER 324; [2011] 2 FCR 95; [2011] EMLR 15; [2011] WLR (D) 27; (2011) 161 NLJ 211; The Times, 7 February 2011, CA

Appellate History

H v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2010] EWHC 2818 (QB); [2011] EMLR 9, QBD

Order of Tugendhat J varied

H v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 42; [2011] 1 WLR 1645; [2011] 2 All ER 324; [2011] 2 FCR 95; [2011] EMLR 15; [2011] WLR (D) 27; (2011) 161 NLJ 211; The Times, 7 February 2011, CA

H v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2010] EWHC 2979 (QB), QBD

Order of Tugendhat J varied

H v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 42; [2011] 1 WLR 1645; [2011] 2 All ER 324; [2011] 2 FCR 95; [2011] EMLR 15; [2011] WLR (D) 27; (2011) 161 NLJ 211; The Times, 7 February 2011, CA

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Exceptional Cases - Hearing super-injunction applications in private 37.45

Redacted and Anonymised Judgments - Anonymity orders 63.37

Redacted and Anonymised Judgments - Procedure on anonymity orders 63.38

Privacy, Freedom of Expression and Injunctions - Article 10 91.56

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