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CDP v Snap Group Ltd & Anor (Rev1) [2025] NIKB 24 (11 April 2025)
The High Court in Northern Ireland refused a stay of civil proceedings pending a possible criminal case, finding no real prejudice to the second defendant at this stage.
MacAirt v JPI Media NI Lts & Ors [2021] NIQB 52 (21 May 2021)
Defamation meanings based on a News Letter article were mostly struck out. The court also struck out misuse of private information, but let harassment and data protection claims continue.
FB1 v Facebook Ireland Ltd [2021] NIQB 128 (14 January 2021)
The court refused to extend interim privacy injunctions over Facebook posts about the plaintiff’s conviction, finding no reasonable expectation of privacy.
BNC v The Irish News Ltd [2018] NIQB 41 (28 February 2018)
The court refused an interim injunction and anonymity order over publication of the plaintiff’s Facebook image, finding the defendant’s Article 10 rights prevailed.
McGuckin v Sunday Newspapers Ltd [2018] NIQB 6 (27 January 2018)
The High Court in Northern Ireland granted a seven-day interim injunction restraining publication of a newspaper article, pending fuller evidence and argument.
JR20 v Facebook Ireland Ltd [2017] NICA 48 (19 December 2017)
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland partly allowed Facebook’s appeal, rejecting privacy claims over the religion of JR20’s adult children and reducing damages to £500.
EC v Sunday Newspapers Limited [2017] NIQB 117 (06 December 2017)
The High Court in Northern Ireland held that Sunday Newspapers Limited misused private information and awarded the claimant damages and an injunction.
MM v BC & Anor [2017] NIQB 127 (1 December 2017)
The High Court refused a mandatory interim injunction requiring Facebook to locate and delete all images of the plaintiff from its platform and Messenger accounts.
Arthurs v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2017] NICA 70 (22 November 2017)
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland dismissed an appeal seeking to restrain publication linking a talent-show contestant to his father's criminal convictions.
Townsend v Google Inc. & Anor [2017] NIQB 81 (31 October 2017)
The court refused leave to serve Google Inc. out of the jurisdiction in a privacy and data protection claim about search results revealing criminal convictions.
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