Judgment after a trial of preliminary issues relating to the meaning of the words complained of in a claim for libel.
Mrs Justice Steyn DBE
[2021] EWHC 2296 (QB)
Bailii
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Ware v French QBD 24-Feb-2021
Trial of preliminary issues. Saini J observed as to political discourse: ‘reasonable readers understand that political discourse is often passionate and is not as precise as, say, financial journalism. There is a particular need to avoid . .
Cited – Stocker v Stocker SC 3-Apr-2019
The parties had been married and divorced. Mrs S told M S’s new partner on Facebook that he had tried to strangle her and made other allegations. Mrs S now appealed from a finding that she had defamed him. Lord Kerr restated the approach to meaning . .
Cited – Hewson v Times Newspapers Ltd and Another QBD 22-Mar-2019
Procedure – Preliminary Issue Hearing – No Parties
Trial as to meaning of articles complained of.
Held: The court set out the procedure it was to adopt: ‘In this case, the parties consented to the Court determining the meaning, without a hearing, based on written submissions. Of course, their . .
Cited – Koutsogiannis v The Random House Group Ltd QBD 18-Jan-2019
Settling Meaning in Defamation Cases
Nicklin J set out the approach to meaning in defamation actions: The Court’s task is to determine the single natural and ordinary meaning of the words complained of, which is the meaning that the hypothetical reasonable reader would understand the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Updated: 25 August 2021; Ref: scu.666715