Warren v The Random House Group Ltd: QBD 20 Dec 2007

The parties had settled a defamation action by means of an offer of amends. The defendant changed his mind about the offer, and the court now considered whether the accepted offer of amends was binding as a contract.
Held: It was a contract, and there were no grounds shown sufficient to set it aside.

Judges:

Gray J

Citations:

[2007] EWHC 3062 (QB)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See AlsoWarren v The Random House Group Ltd (No. 1) QBD 5-Dec-2007
The defendant applied to amend its defence to the defamation claim. The effect of the proposed amendment had been to withdraw the defence based on its offer of amends and to substitute for it a plea of justification in respect of one of three . .

Cited by:

Appeal fromWarren v The Random House Group Ltd CA 16-Jul-2008
An offer of amends by the defendant had been accepted by the claimant. The defendant then sought to set aside the agreement and to resist the claim on its merits in reliance on a defence of justification. The parties disputed whether such an offer . .
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Defamation

Updated: 18 July 2022; Ref: scu.271256