Curran v Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd: SCS 20 Dec 2011

The pursuer a Scottish Socialist Party Member and Scottish Parliament member had been involved as a witness (though not called) in defamation proceedings. She issued a press notice critical of one of the parties. The defender published stories based on interviews with the party she had criticised, and she now said that the articles were defamatory.

Judges:

Lady Paton

Citations:

[2011] ScotCS CSIH – 86, [2011] CSIH 86, 2012 SLT 359, 2012 GWD 4-63, 2012 Rep LR 30

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Citing:

CitedAlfred Nelson Laughton v The Hon And Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Sodor And Man PC 15-Nov-1872
LaughtonSodor1872
(Isle of Man) The Bishop of Sodor and Man, in a charge to his Clergy in Convocation, commented on a speech made by a Barrister in his character of an Advocate instructed to oppose a Bill before the House of Keys, promoted by the Government, vesting . .

Cited by:

CitedCrow v Johnson QBD 16-Jul-2012
The claimant union leader sought damages in defamation against the mayor of London with regard to election leaflets. The defendant denied any defamatory meaning.
Held: The words in the leaflet that Mr Crow complained of were within the . .
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Defamation

Updated: 01 November 2022; Ref: scu.460295