Jon Richard Ltd v Gornall: QBD 16 May 2013

The company sought relief after the defendant a former senior employee had left but then written to customers alleging fraud by the claimant.
Held: ‘ this is as clear a case as there could possibly be that the Defendant’s denial that she published the two letters was, in the case of each, untrue and that she has no real or realistic chance of succeeding in defending the action. The Claimant seeks summary judgment and, in those circumstances, to my mind, there is no other reason why the matter should go to trial.’

Andrew Smith J
[2013] EWHC 1357 (QB)
Bailii
Defamation Act 1996 8

Employment, Defamation

Updated: 14 November 2021; Ref: scu.510959