The newspaper appealed from the award of costs to the claimant who had succeeded in his claim of defamation.
Macur, Sharp LJJ, Sir Timothy Lloyd
[2014] EWCA Civ 1574
Bailii
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd QBD 19-Dec-2013
The claimant policeman alleged defamation in an article published by the defendant newspaper. The defendant advanced two substantive defences, a defence of public interest (Reynolds) privilege and justification. After protracted litigation, the . .
Cited by:
Appeal from – Times Newspapers Ltd and Others v Flood and Others SC 11-Apr-2017
Three newspaper publishers, having lost defamation cases, challenged the levels of costs awarded against them, saying that the levels infringed their own rights of free speech.
Held: Each of the three appeals was dismissed. . .
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Defamation, Costs
Updated: 24 December 2021; Ref: scu.539588