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19.09.23
Instagram privacy claim succeeds against unknown parties, but fails against named defendants
In this article we consider the decision of Mrs Justice Collins Rice in LCG and others v OVD and others [2023] EWHC 2058 (KB). The first and second claimants succeeded in establishing a claim for misuse of private information against persons unknown, but the judge was unable to attribute any of the alleged tortious conduct…
Read more13.12.17
Celebrity blackmail victim obtains injunction restraining publication of allegation of serious criminality
In LJY v Persons Unknown [2017] EWHC 3230 (QB), Mr Justice Warby granted an interim injunction restraining unknown defendants from publishing serious allegations of criminality against a celebrity, anonymised in the proceedings as ‘LJY’. LJY is said to be well-known to the public due to his work in the entertainment industry. On 5 December 2017,…
Read more25.09.15
Corporate defamation claims and claims against anonymous parties
Brett Wilson LLP partner Iain Wilson is interviewed by Susan Ghaiwal. This article was first published on Lexis® PSL IP&IT on 24 September 2015. Does Brett Wilson LLP v Persons Unknown highlight how courts should approach anonymity in online cases? Iain Wilson, partner at Brett Wilson LLP, explains that the judgment shows courts recognise the harm that anonymous…
Read more24.11.14
Landmark trolling case against Google settles on eve of trial
The eagerly anticipated case of Hegglin v Person(s) Unknown and Google Inc has settled the day before it was due to come to trial (24 November 2014). Mr Hegglin, a former Morgan Stanley banker, had issued proceedings following a sustained campaign of internet abuse against him by an anonymous troll. Thousands of abusive and offensive articles were published by the troll referring…
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