Ministry of Defence -v- Global Media and Entertainment Limited and others
High CourtKing's Bench DivisionMedia and Communications ListJudgment
Today (Tuesday, 15 July 2025) Mr Justice Chamberlain has handed down judgment in Ministry of Defence -v- Global Media and Entertainment Limited and others.
The effect of the judge’s ruling is to discharge a privacy injunction first granted to the Ministry of Defence on 1 September 2023.
Today’s judgment and accompanying order can be downloaded below, alongside a press summary outlining the judge’s findings and the background to the litigation.
As a result of the judge’s decision, the High Court has ordered that four previously private judgments handed down in this case can be made publicly available.
The Court of Appeal has also separately ordered that its previously private judgment in this case can also be published.
These decisions are:
• Mr Justice Robin Knowles – judgment of 02/09/2023
• Mr Justice Chamberlain – judgments of 23/11/2023, 15/02/2024 and 21/05/2025
• The Master of the Rolls, Lord Justice Warby and Lord Justice Singh – judgment of 26/07/2024.
All these rulings can also be downloaded below.
Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 1806 (Admin)
Case No: KB-2023-003361
In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Media and Communications List
15 July 2025
Before:
Mr Justice Chamberlain
Between:
Ministry of Defence
-v-
Global Media and Entertainment Limited
Independent Digital News and Media Limited
Times Media Limited
Associated Newspapers Limited
Telegraph Media Group Holdings
The Financial Times Limited
The Press Association Limited Company
Barings Law