Lopes LJ identified four ways in which a person could be liable for the republication of a defamatory statement:
i) where a defendant has authorised the republication of the statement;
ii) where a defendant intended that the statement should be republished;
iii) where the republication of the statement was ‘the natural consequence’ of the original publication; or
iv) where there was a moral obligation to republish the statement.
Judges:
Lopes LJ
Citations:
(1891) 60 LJQB 231
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Turley v Unite The Union and Another QBD 19-Dec-2019
Defamation of Labour MP by Unite and Blogger
The claimant now a former MP had alleged that a posting on a website supported by the first defendant was false and defamatory. The posting suggested that the claimant had acted dishonestly in applying online for a category of membership of the . .
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Defamation
Updated: 25 September 2022; Ref: scu.645999