Defamation Damages in UK Law
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Broome v Cassell & Company Ltd
... ... of £25,000 paid into Court by the Appellants by way of exemplary damages be paid out of Court to the First Respondent, together with accrued ... intended to apply generally, had been expressly applied to defamation proceedings by the Court of Appeal in McCarey v. Associated Newspapers ... ...
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John v MGN Ltd
... ... 4 Part 2. The principles of law relating to damages in defamation ... 5 Part 3. Our conclusions on the ... ...
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Thompson v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
... ... of the public have been awarded very large sums of exemplary damages by juries against the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis for ... , would be less generous than juries in the award of damages for defamation. But I know of no principle of reason which would entitle judges, whether ... ...
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Richard v British Broadcasting Corporation
... ... He claims substantial damages because his life and finances have been radically affected by what ... I suppose there could still be a defamation risk however we are in an amazing position knowing who the target is ... ...
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Lonrho Plc and Others v Fayed and Others (No 5)
... ... But no proceedings in defamation have been brought by either side ... 9 The present ion, which was started on the 11th July 1991 claims damages and injunctive relief against the Defendants in respect of Miss Pollard's ... ...
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Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd
... ... , qualified privilege at common law, justification, malice and damages. During the trial the defendants abandoned pleaded defences that the words ... 7 Defamation and truth ... 8 The defence of qualified ... ...
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Rookes v Barnard
... ... May 1961, be, and the same is hereby, Set Aside so far as regards damages and Costs: And it is further Ordered , That the Cause be, and the same is ... are slanderous or deceitful, he may commit also the tort of defamation or of deceit. Then if an action is brought, it will not be only on the ... ...
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Spring (A.P.) v Guardian Assurance Plc and Others
... ... Mr. Spring raised an action of damages against all tour defendants pleading causes of action in malicious ... So an action in defamation by Mr. Spring against any of them or against their employers would have ... ...
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Grobbelaar v News Group Newspapers Ltd
... ... He promptly issued writs claiming damages for libel. After some delay caused by an intervening criminal prosecution ... But it cannot be supported. The tort of defamation protects those whose reputations have been unlawfully injured. It affords ... ...
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Kuddus v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Constabulary
... ... (Auld LJ dissenting) in this case struck out a claim for exemplary damages on the basis that it disclosed no cause of action ... 2 The ... that Lord Devlin had intended to limit punitive damages in defamation actions to cases where a profit motive was shown. As to the first category ... ...
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