United Kingdom persons unknowncorporate claimant serious harminjunction

Brett Wilson v Persons Unknown

Brett Wilson LLP v Persons Unknown [2015] EWHC 2628 (QB)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Year2015

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Default judgment, summary damages and a final injunction (including a mandatory order to remove webpages) may be granted in defamation against anonymous 'persons unknown' operating a defamatory website, and a corporate claimant satisfying the serious-harm/serious-financial-loss test under section 1(2) of the Defamation Act 2013 may recover.

Area of Law

General

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