McDonald’s Corporation and Another v Steel and Morris: CA 17 Oct 1996

A trial judge’s decisions should not normally be set aside unless they constituted a denial of justice to one or other of the parties.

Citations:

Times 22-Nov-1996, [1996] EWCA Civ 755

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See AlsoMcDonald’s Corporation v Steel and Another CA 14-Apr-1994
Defence paragraphs alleging justification were to be struck out only in the clearest of cases. One should only plead justification if one has reasonable evidence to support the defence or reasonable grounds for supposing that sufficient evidence . .
See AlsoMcDonald’s Corporation, McDonald’s Restaurants Limited v Helen Marie Steel, David Morris QBD 19-Jun-1997
(Summary of judgment) . .

Cited by:

See AlsoMcDonald’s Corporation, McDonald’s Restaurants Limited v Helen Marie Steel, David Morris QBD 19-Jun-1997
(Summary of judgment) . .
CitedPrince Radu of Hohenzollern v Houston and Another (No 4) QBD 4-Mar-2009
Orders were sought to strike out part of the defendants defence of justification to an allegation of defamation.
Held: Where there remains the possibility of a jury trial, it becomes especially important to identify the issues the jurors are . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Litigation Practice, Defamation

Updated: 01 November 2022; Ref: scu.140622