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News | 5RB Barristers | Media and Communications Lawyer Call 5RB+44 (0)20 7242 2902 Menu About us Our work People Barristers Support team Recruitment Resources Cases News Publications Articles 5RB Talks Links Contact Contact us Enquiry Visit us Urgent injunctions Complaints procedure Register for 5RB updates Barristers Cases Latest news 5RB Hosts BVL, PASS and MTAttB Placement Students Over the last month, 5RB has taken part in three access schemes for aspiring lawyers. The first was hosted through the Middle Temple Access to the Bar Award. The scheme is open to undergraduate and… Read More »

Judgment in TPI on Meaning in Belafonte v NGN On 11 February 2026, Mrs Justice Collins Rice handed down judgment in the TPI on meaning in a libel claim brought by Stephen Belafonte against NGN (publishers of The Sun newspaper). Mr Belafonte contended that… Read More »

High Court hears the first application to strike out a claim as a SLAPP under CPR 3.4(2)(d) Yesterday, Mrs Justice Collins Rice heard the first application brought before the High Court under CPR 3.4(2)(d) to strike out a claim as a SLAPP. The application was brought by the Defendants in the case… Read More »

Jonathan Scherbel-Ball reappointed to Advisory Council on National Records and Archives The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced that Jonathan Scherbel-Ball has been reappointed for a further four year term on the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives. Jonathan has sat on the… Read More »

Phone hacking limitation trial begins A trial of the preliminary issue of limitation begins today in the remaining phone hacking claims brought by various claimants against MGN Limited, publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and The People. Following a… Read More »

TPI on Meaning in Belafonte v NGN A trial of preliminary issues on meaning will take place today before Mrs Justice Collins Rice in respect of an article published in The Sun (online and in print) in June 2024 concerning Stephen Belafonte,… Read More »

£50,000 damages and an injunction awarded in TikTok libel claim The High Court has today awarded the Claimant, a former receptionist at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, £50,000 in damages (including aggravated damages) for libel, a permanent injunction, and an order under s.12… Read More »

Sunday Times granted transparency order in care proceedings about fabricated or induced illness The Sunday Times is permitted to name the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust in its reporting on allegations of fabricated or induced illness (‘FII’), the condition formerly known as Munchausen syndrome… Read More »

BBC journalist granted access to documents in serious child sex abuse investigation Following a substantially successful appeal by the BBC journalist Alex Homer, the First Tier Tribunal has directed Walsall Council to provide access to information contained within a Serious Case Review into child sexual abuse in… Read More »

High-profile trial begins in claims against Associated Newspapers The high-profile trial brought by various claimants against Associated Newspapers Ltd has begun today. The claimants Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Elizabeth Hurley, Sir Elton John, David Furnish, Sir Simon Hughes, Prince Harry and Sadie Frost Law… Read More »

Permanent injunction and £25,000 damages granted in LinkedIn harassment claim On 5 January 2026, the High Court handed down Judgment following a two-day trial of a claim brought in breach of contract and for harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. The Court granted… Read More »

Julian Santos formally appointed KC in Gibraltar 5RB is delighted to announce that Julian Santos KC formally took silk in Gibraltar on Friday, 9 January 2026. Julian was invited to the inner bar by the Chief Justice, The Hon. Mr Justice Dudley,… Read More »

Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal strikes out SLAPPs test case against Carter-Ruck Partner The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has granted an application for summary dismissal brought by Claire Gill, a Partner in the specialist London media law firm, Carter-Ruck, against proceedings brought against her by the Solicitors Regulation… Read More »

Stephen Suttle KC 1949-2025 Chambers is sad to report the death of a much-loved colleague and formidable barrister. Stephen joined 1 Brick Court in 1980 and took silk in 2003.  His junior practice included substantial commercial cases as well… Read More »

Court holds that it has no jurisdiction under CPR 3.1(7) to set aside libel judgment On 5 December 2025, Guy Vassall-Adams KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) dismissed a defendant’s application to set aside the judgments against him, on liability and remedies, on the ground that they had… Read More »

University retracts false ‘forced labour’ claims against Hong Kong company Sheffield Hallam University today retracted false claims it had published about Hong Kong clothing business Smart Shirts Limited, in a statement in open court read before Mr Justice Nicklin. The University had alleged, in a… Read More »

Meaning ruling in Andy Ngo v Guardian News & Media Ltd The High Court (DHCJ Guy Vassall-Adams KC) has determined meaning following a preliminary issue trial in a libel claim brought by Andy Ngo, a journalist and the author of the book Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical… Read More »

Claimant refused permission to appeal in Amersi v BBC The Court of Appeal has refused an application by Mohamed Amersi in his libel claim against the BBC for permission to appeal against parts of a June order of Johnson J concerning interim applications by… Read More »

Home Secretary apologises in open Court to Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin Today, in the High Court in London before Mrs Justice Hill, the Home Secretary and the Home Office have apologised unreservedly to Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, a prominent British Muslim community leader, and paid him £225,000 in… Read More »

Summary judgment and permanent injunction granted in corporate harassment claim In a judgment handed down on 13 November, the High Court has granted summary judgment and a permanent injunction in an action brought by three corporate claimants under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. The… Read More »

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