Appeal from strike out of defamation claim, based upon press release by the respondent in a charging announcement. The claim had been struck out on the basis that the words complained of did not have the defamatory meaning alleged.
Held: Dismissed Simon LJ said that the propositions which were made omitted ‘an important principle [namely] . . the context and circumstances of the publication . .’
Judges:
Gross, Simon, Peter Jackson LJJ
Citations:
[2017] EWCA 1529 Civ, [2018] 4 WLR 13, [2018] EMLR 5
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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: 29 January 2022; Ref: scu.596085