QB-2022-002648 - [2025] EWHC 2565 (KB)

MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIST

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before :

RICHARD SPEARMAN K.C.

(Sitting as a Deputy Judge of the King’s Bench Division)

Between :

David Lemer (instructed by Stone White Solicitors) for the Claimant

Simon Harding (instructed by Gunnercooke LLP) for the Defendant

Hearing dates: 21-24 July 2025

Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 9 October 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

Richard Spearman K.C.:

INTRODUCTION AND OUTLINE OF THE ISSUES FOR TRIAL