Defamation Publication in UK Law

  • Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 28 Octubre 1999
    ... ... The judge ruled that publication of the article was not privileged ... 6 Mr ... 7 Defamation and truth ... 8 The defence of qualified ... ...
  • Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd
    • Supreme Court
    • 12 Junio 2019
    ... ... 1 The tort of defamation is an ancient construct of the common law. It has accumulated, over the ... Special damage, ie pecuniary loss caused by the publication, may be recovered in addition, but must be proved ... ...
  • Loutchansky v Times Newspapers Ltd (No. 2)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 05 Diciembre 2001
    ... ... on 6 December 2000 in respect of the continued internet publication of the same two articles on The Times website after 21 February 2000 ... of internet publication, the scope of general damages for defamation under Russian law, and the availability of the summary disposal procedure ... ...
  • Broome v Cassell & Company Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 23 Febrero 1972
    ... ... appeal arises out of two consolidated actions for libel on the publication of a book. The first action was in respect of the 60 proof copies of the ... intended to apply generally, had been expressly applied to defamation proceedings by the Court of Appeal in McCarey v. Associated Newspapers ... ...
  • Lonrho Plc and Others v Fayed and Others (No 5)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 Julio 1993
    ... ... But no proceedings in defamation have been brought by either side ... 9 The present ... property, although damages for defamation in respect of the publication of the contents of the letter could not have been obtained because the ... ...
  • Derbyshire County Council v Times Newspapers Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 18 Febrero 1993
    ... ... 3 Following the publication actions of damages for libel were brought against the publishers of The ... which it is entitled to protect by bringing an action for defamation, so in my view the plaintiffs as a local government corporation have a ... ...
  • Rookes v Barnard
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Enero 1964
    ... ... 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 ... sold the photographs to two national newspapers and their publication caused the plaintiff great distress. The County Court judge awarded the ... ...
  • Charleston and another v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another
    • House of Lords
    • 30 Marzo 1995
    ... ... 7The plaintiffs must have found this publication deeply offensive and insulting. Many people will not only deplore this ... rise is whether the plaintiffs have any remedy in the tort of defamation on the basis of their pleaded claim, and this in turn narrows down to the ... ...
  • Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 16 Junio 2010
    ... ... is taken to be representative of those who would read the publication in question. (7) In delimiting the range of permissible defamatory ... of Gatley 11 th ed para 2.26: "To be actionable [in defamation], words must impute to the claimant some quality which would be ... ...
  • Jameel and another v Wall Street Journal Europe
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 03 Febrero 2005
    ... ... : (1) it is not relevant to qualified privilege whether the publication was true or not; (2) it is not relevant to speculate what further ... Once the defamation is proved damage is presumed. The publishers challenged this principle on ... ...
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