(Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal) Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury said 138 that the criticism of the single meaning rule’s artificiality and (implicitly) its irrationality was misplaced. He suggested that the identification of a single meaning to be accorded a statement arose ‘in many areas of law, most notably . . the interpretation of statutes, contracts and notices’
Judges:
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
Citations:
[2013] EMLR 7
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Stocker v Stocker SC 3-Apr-2019
The parties had been married and divorced. Mrs S told M S’s new partner on Facebook that he had tried to strangle her and made other allegations. Mrs S now appealed from a finding that she had defamed him. Lord Kerr restated the approach to meaning . .
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Defamation
Updated: 30 January 2022; Ref: scu.671685