English and Another v Hastie Publishing Ltd: 31 Jan 2002

The court should be reluctant to attach qualified privilege to ‘reportage’ in circumstances where Parliament, in enacting section 15 and Schedules 1 and 2 of the Defamation Act 1996, had not chosen to do so.

Judges:

Gray J

Citations:

[2002] All ER (D) 11

Statutes:

Defamation Act 1996

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedJameel and Another v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl (No 2) CA 3-Feb-2005
The claimant sought damages for an article published by the defendant, who argued that as a corporation, the claimant corporation needed to show special damage, and also that the publication had qualified privilege.
Held: ‘It is an established . .
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Defamation

Updated: 24 November 2022; Ref: scu.223373