A defendant who pleading justification may plead any reasonable meaning that a jury, properly directed, might find to be the real meaning.
Citations:
[1988] 1 WLR 49
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Branson v Snowden; Branson v Gtech UK Corporation (a Body Corporate) and Rendine CA 3-Jul-1997
The respective parties had been preparing competing bids for the National Lottery. One (Branson) alleged that the other had offerered a bribe. The other responded that the allegation was a lie, and each sued the other for defamation.
Held: The . .
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Defamation
Updated: 29 April 2022; Ref: scu.185960