No specific privilege arises from the fact that a statement has been made in the context of an election campaign.
Judges:
Eady J
Citations:
[2005] EWHC 2438 (QB), [2006] 1 WLR 2880
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Quinton v Peirce and Another QBD 30-Apr-2009
One election candidate said that another had defamed him in an election leaflet. Additional claims were made in injurious falsehood and under the Data Protection Act.
Held: The claim in defamation failed. There were no special privileges in . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Defamation, Elections
Updated: 22 August 2022; Ref: scu.235123
