The central question in these appeals is whether the judge (Mr – now Lord – Justice Warby) was right to make orders for summary judgment in favour of the claimant, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (the Duchess or the claimant) against the publishers of the Mail on Sunday newspaper and the MailOnline, Associated Newspapers Limited (Associated Newspapers or the defendant). Summary judgment was granted in respect of the Duchess’s claims for misuse of private information and infringement of copyright. The claims relate to the publication in a number of Mail articles (the Articles) of about half the contents of a 5-page handwritten letter (the Letter) which the Duchess had sent on 27 August 2018 to her father, Mr Thomas Markle (Mr Markle).
Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls,
Dame Victoria Sharp, President of the Queen’S Bench Division,
And,
Lord Justice Bean
[2021] EWCA Civ 1810
Bailii, Judiciary, Judiciary Summary, Bailii Summary
England and Wales
Media, Torts – Other
Updated: 28 December 2021; Ref: scu.670336