Cruddas 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’.

Judges:

Tugendhat J

Citations:

[2013] EWHC 2298 (QB)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

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
. .
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
. .

Cited by:

CitedCalvert 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.
CitedGerrard and Another v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd and Another QBD 27-Nov-2020
The claimants, a solicitor and his wife, sought damages in harassment and data protection, against a party to proceedings in which he was acting professionally, and against the investigative firm instructed by them. The defendants now requested the . .
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Defamation, Torts – Other

Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.514260