R (on the application of W) v Chief Constable of Warwickshire
High Court of Justice
Queen's Bench Division (Admin)
HHJ Gilbart QC
2 March 2012
[2012] EWHC 406

Judicial review - whether disclosure of an enhanced criminal record certificate was lawful - allegations of violence by teacher on pupils - relevance - two-stage test - Police Act 1997 section 113B - European Convention on Human Rights 1950, Article 8 - application refused.

Football Association Premier League Ltd v (1) QC Leisure (2) David Richardson Football Association Premier League Ltd v (1)AV Station Plc (2) Malcolm Chamberlain Football Association Premier League Ltd v Michael Madden and Five Others
High Court of Justice
Chancery Division
Rose J
20 December 2012
[2012] EWCA Civ 1708

Broadcasting - copyright - screening of live football matches in public houses - foreign satellite decoder cards - defences to copyright infringement - statutory interpretation - Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 sections 1, 1(1), 1(2), 19, 19(3), 20, 28(1), 34(2), section 72(1)(a), section 298 - whether section 72(1)(c) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is applicable to section 20 - Marleasing principle - Directive 2001/29 on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society 2001 Article 2, Article 3, Article 3(1), Article 5(3)(1), Article 5(5), and Article 8 - appeal dismissed.

Golden Eye (International) Limited &13 Ors v Telefonica UK Ltd & Anor and Open Rights Group (Intervener)
High Court of Justice
Chancery Division
Lord Dyson MR, Sullivan LJ and Patten LJ
21 December 2012
[2012] EWCA Civ 1740

Copyright - infringement - Norwich Pharmacal relief - disclosure of names and addresses of alleged infringers - peer-to-peer file sharing - whether two groups of claimants should be treated differently - appeal allowed.