A constituent wrote to his MP asking for assistance to lodge a complaint to the appropriate MP concerning the conduct of a public official in that consituency.
Held: Qualified privilege was a defence to a criminal charge of defamatory libel.
Citations:
[1937] 2 KB 375
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Defamation, Crime
Updated: 09 May 2022; Ref: scu.221966