When a court considered a defamation contained in a multi-jurisdictional publication, and the question of whether there might be any duty to publish, it should recognise and respect the global nature of modern publications, with more widely acknowledged duties to report information, and a public having a more widely recognised right to receive the same information. The court should accordingly avoid entering into a debate using fine distinctions between the laws of the several jurisdictions in which the material had been published.
The reasonable reader is ‘now perceived by the courts, both domestic and international, as having stronger stomachs and more discriminating judgment than was traditionally recognised’.
Citations:
Times 23-Jul-2001, [2001] EMLR 46
Cited by:
Cited – Uppal v Endemol UK Ltd and Others QBD 9-Apr-2014
The claimant alleged defamation by other contestants at the time when she was participating in the defendants’ TV show, Big Brother. The defendants had broadcast the material. The defendant now sought a ruling that the words complained of were not . .
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Defamation, International
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.83241
