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Members Heather Rogers QC Speeches, Articles & Books Notable Cases What Others Say		Heather Rogers QC Notable Cases  Harper v Seaga [2008] Appeal from the Court of Appeal in Jamaica: whether speech made by politician at public meeting was protected by qualified privilege.  Inner West London Assistant Deputy Coroner v Channel 4 Television Corpn [2008] Application for production of journalistic material by Coroner.  Lance Armstrong v Times Newspapers (2006) Heather Rogers acted for the defendants in this libel action, brought by cyclist, Lance Armstrong. The case settled in June 2006.  Harrods v Times Newspapers (2006) Heather acted, with Antony White QC, for the defendants in this breach of confidence claim.  Galloway damages appeal ruling (2006) Heather Rogers acted for Mr Galloway in The Telegraph's appeal against the award of libel damages to George Galloway MP.  Polanski v The Conde Nast Publications Ltd (2005) Heather Rogers was instructed to act for Roman Polanski in his successful libel action against Vanity Fair magazine.  Harry Kewell v (1) Gary Lineker, (2) Jon Ryan (3) The Telegraph Group Limited (2005) Heather Rogers represented Gary Lineker in the case of Harry Kewell v (1) Gary Lineker, (2) Jon Ryan (3) The Telegraph Group Limited.  Galloway MP v Telegraph Group Ltd (2004) With Richard Rampton QC for George Galloway MP. Mr Galloway sued over the publication of defamatory articles in April 2003 by The Daily Telegraph. The action was tried by judge alone in November 2004. The judge rejected the newspaper's defence of qualified privilege and awarded damages of £150,000.  Polanski v Conde Nast Publications Ltd (2003) Heather Rogers appeared in this case involving an application by the claimant to give evidence at trial by video-link. The House of Lords has heard an appeal against the Court of Appeal decision.  Abrahams v Gleaner Co Ltd (2003) Heather Rogers appeared for Mr Abrahams in this appeal. The Privy Council refused to reduce the very large award of damages for libel.  Keays v Guardian Newspapers (2003) Scope of the defence of “fair” comment - the judge ruled that the defamatory article was “comment”.  Cook & Carlton v News Group Newspapers (2002) Substantial amendments to plea of justification prior to trial in a defamation claim.  R (Hirst) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2002) Article 10 rights of prisoners in contact with media - unlawful Home Office policy.		Specialist Practice Areas Human Rights Media and Information Law Public Law Data Protection
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