Various Claimants v MGN Ltd [2021] EWHC 2519 (Ch) (24 September 2021)

Various Claimants v MGN Ltd [2021] EWHC 2519 (Ch) (24 September 2021)

Permission to amend particulars of claim is granted only where it is arguable that the article disclosed genuinely private information or evidence of unlawful information gathering not already in the public domain; benefit of doubt goes to claimants unless obviously no valid claim arises.

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Citation
[2021] EWHC 2519 (Ch)
Parties
Claimants: Various Claimants; Defendant: MGN Limited
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
24 September 2021
Procedural Posture
Civil Privacy/injunctions / Interlocutory Application for Permission to Amend Particulars of Claim
Outcome
Permission to amend granted in part; refused in part.
Legal Topics
Amendment of Pleadings, Expectation of Privacy, Unlawful Information Gathering, Public Domain, Damages
Privacy Law Media Law Civil Procedure Amendment of Pleadings Expectation of Privacy Unlawful Information Gathering Public Domain Damages

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Parties

Various Claimants

Claimants

MGN Limited

Defendant

Procedural Posture

Civil Privacy/injunctions / Interlocutory Application for Permission to Amend Particulars of Claim

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether proposed amendments to particulars of claim raise triable issues of privacy infringement
  2. 2 Whether articles relied upon disclose private information or evidence unlawful information gathering
  3. 3 Whether information was already in the public domain

Ratio Decidendi

Permission to amend particulars of claim is granted only where it is arguable that the article disclosed genuinely private information or evidence of unlawful information gathering not already in the public domain; benefit of doubt goes to claimants unless obviously no valid claim arises.

Court Disposition

Permission to amend granted in part; refused in part.

Orders

  • Claimants must serve amended particulars of claim within 14 days of judgment.