The claimant alleged defamation. The defendant offered to make amends but wished to maintain his denial that the statement itself was defamatory.
Held: An offer of amends required acceptance that the statement had been defamatory. A statement could not be defamatory only in the abstract.
Tugendhat J
[2008] EWHC 2552 (QB), Times 10-Dec-2008
Bailii
Defamation Act 1996 2(2)
England and Wales
Defamation
Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.277344
