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  • Simon Blake & Others v Laurence Fox [2025] EWCA Civ 1321 (Court of Appeal (Civil Division), 17 October 2025)

    Blake v Fox – The Court of Appeal’s Decision in the Laurence Fox Defamation Case Introduction This article examines the Court of Appeal’s decision in Blake & Ors v Fox [2025] EWCA Civ 1321, a high-profile libel appeal concerning social media allegations of racism and paedophilia. The Court of Appeal, Lord Justice Warby giving the […]

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  • Rashid Naseer v Adil Farooq Raja [2025] EWHC 2565 (KB)

    High Court Judgment: Social Media Libel in Pakistani Political Dispute On 9 October 2025 the High Court (King’s Bench Division, Media and Communications List) handed down judgment in Rashid Naseer v Adil Farooq Raja [2025] EWHC 2565 (KB). The case was heard by Richard Spearman K.C., sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, and concerned […]

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  • Tattersall v Tattersall [2025] EWHC 2558 (KB)

    Tattersall v Tattersall: Defamation Claim Struck Out for Lack of Serious Harm Overview In the High Court decision Tattersall v Tattersall [2025] EWHC 2558 (KB), Mrs Justice Collins Rice struck out a libel claim on the basis that it did not meet the serious harm threshold under section 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013. The […]

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