Hearings
England & Wales
20 May 2015 (English PEN intervening) [2015] UKSC 32; [2016] AC 219; [2015] 2 WLR 1373; [2015] 4 All ER 1; [2015] WLR (D) 227; Case details, SC(E)
O (A Child) v Rhodes
Additional names
Rhodes v OPO
See also
Subject Matter
TORT — Cause of action — Intentionally causing harm — Claim seeking to restrain publication of information in book by father of 11-year-old claimant describing sexual abuse suffered by father in childhood and its consequences — Expert evidence that claimant’s reading of book likely to cause him psychological harm — Interim injunction granted prohibiting publication of “graphic” accounts of abuse and its consequences — Whether conduct and mental elements of tort made out — Whether intention to be imputed as matter of law — Whether publication justified — Whether injunction properly granted
[2015] UKSC 32; [2016] AC 219; [2015] 2 WLR 1373; [2015] 4 All ER 1; [2015] WLR (D) 227; Case details, SC(E)
Appellate History
OPO v MLA [2014] EWCA Civ 1277; [2015] EMLR 4; [2014] WLR (D) 422, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed
O (A Child) v Rhodes [2015] UKSC 32; [2016] AC 219; [2015] 2 WLR 1373; [2015] 4 All ER 1; [2015] WLR (D) 227; Case details, SC(E)
Commentary
UK Supreme Court Blog
Case Comment: Rhodes v OPO (by his litigation friend BHM) [2015] UKSC 32
[2015] Cas Com 18