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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
27 August 2015
Victims of the Ashley Madison hack can't look to the law to help them: First Appeared in Spear's 27 August
If you've been exposed as an affair-hunter, the law makes it tricky to get redress, says Dr Rosa Malley of Kingsley Napley.
Described as one of the 'most legally troublesome data dumps in history', the hacking of the Ashley Madison website, which promotes itself with the tagline 'Life is short, have an affair', is no doubt sending shivers down the spine of any registered user who cares about their relationship or their reputation.
20 August 2015
Jamiroquai uses The Protection From Harassment Act to restrain stalker
Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay felt “genuine fear for his safety” after being targeting by an infatuated fan, Ilona Angel, who subjected him to “a prolonged period of harassment”. Earlier this week a court found Angel guilty of harassment and she was given a restraining order and ordered to pay £1,045 in costs. Angel is said to have repeatedly turned up at the singer’s home and ignored all requests to leave. Mr Kay is said to have suffered panic attacks and depression as a consequence of Angel’s conduct.
11 August 2015
Chalets and service charges: the Supreme Court orders for certainty in contracts
Service charge provisions of £10 per annum at Welsh holiday chalets are facts not usually synonymous with civil claims for recoveries of £11m, but these formed the backdrop to the Supreme Court’s recent judgment in Arnold v Britton and others (10 June 2015).
11 August 2015
Court awards £70,000 to head teacher for injury to feelings following an internet attack on her reputation
In the recent case of (1) CALLIOPE TARDIOS (2) ST JOHN'S PREPARATORY & SENIOR SCHOOL LTD v PAMELA LINTON (AKA PATRICIA CARPENTER) (2015), the High Court of Justice assessed damages in a defamation claim brought by the first claimant head teacher and second claimant independent junior school against the defendant parent.
11 August 2015
Court confirms that libel is no longer actionable without proof of damage
In the recent case of BRUNO LACHAUX v INDEPENDENT PRINT LTD : BRUNO LACHAUX v EVENING STANDARD LTD : BRUNO LACHAUX v AOL (UK) LTD [2015] EWHC 2242 (QB), Justice Warby sitting in the High Court of Justice considered the meaning of the Defamation Act 2013 s.1(1), and confirmed that libel is no longer actionable without proof of damage. Where “serious harm” is found, the subsequent damage to reputation cannot be merely presumed but must be properly proven.
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