J19 v Facebook Ireland Limited
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Colton J |
| Judgment Date | 28 April 2017 |
| Neutral Citation | [2017] NIQB 42 |
| Date | 28 April 2017 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Northern Ireland) |
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Neutral Citation: [2017] NIQB 42
Ref:
COL10283
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
Delivered:
28/4/2017
(subject to editorial corrections)*
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION
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2013 No. 97460
BETWEEN:
J19
Plaintiff;
-and-
FACEBOOK IRELAND LIMITED
Defendant.
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COLTON J
Background
[1] In this action the plaintiff seeks damages against the defendant for breach of
privacy and misuse of private information arising from the posting of various
photographs, information and comments on Facebook webpages in September 2013.
[2] The action was listed for hearing along with another similar action namely J20
v Facebook Ireland Limited on 15 March 2016. The J20 action arose from similar
postings at the same time and gave rise to the same legal issues as those that arose in
this action.
[3] This action was opened by Mr David McMillen QC on behalf of the plaintiff
in the course of which he indicated to me, the trial judge, that the plaintiff had
suffered a panic attack, had gone home and would not be in a position to give
evidence.
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Gerard Kelly and Malachi O’Doherty
...be a last resort as it will deprive a plaintiff of a substantive right (see Lord Clarke in Summers at [49]). Colton J in J19 v Facebook [2017] NIQB 42 at [36] summarised the position as follows: “It is clear that this power should only be exercised in very clear and obvious cases when one i......
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...be a last resort as it will deprive a plaintiff of a substantive right (see Lord Clarke in Summers at [49]). Colton J in J19 v Facebook [2017] NIQB 42 at [36] summarised the position as follows: “It is clear that this power should only be exercised in very clear and obvious cases when one i......
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