Calvert and Others v Cruddas: CA 16 Apr 2014

Renewed application for leave to appeal against damages award in defamation and malicious falsehood. The defendant newspaper had published critical articles, derived from recordings made by undercover reporters, and pleaded justification.
Held: The case contained unusal aspects, and leave was given.

Maurice Kay, Laws LJJ
[2014] EWCA Civ 476
Bailii
England and Wales
Citing:
See AlsoCruddas v Calvert and Others QBD 1-May-2013
Application for leave to amend particulars of claim. . .
See AlsoCruddas v Calvert and Others QBD 5-Jun-2013
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See AlsoCruddas v Calvert and Others CA 21-Jun-2013
The claimant sought damages alleging both defamation and malicious falsehood. The parties appealed against the ruling that in a malicious falsehood claim, the court would accept mutiple meanings of the words used. . .
See AlsoCruddas v Calvert and Others QBD 26-Jun-2013
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CitedCruddas v Calvert and Others QBD 31-Jul-2013
Judgment on the second stage of the trial of a claim for libel and malicious falsehood.
Held: Tugendhat J adopted the meaning ‘more likely than not to cause pecuniary damage’ for ‘calculated to’. . .

Cited by:
CitedDhir v Saddler QBD 6-Dec-2017
Slander damages reduced for conduct
Claim in slander. The defendant was said, at a church meeting to have accused the client of threatening to slit her throat. The defendant argued that the audience of 80 was not large enough.
Held: ‘the authorities demonstrate that it is the . .

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Defamation

Updated: 02 December 2021; Ref: scu.523825