Qualified Privilege in UK Law

  • A Confidential Consultation?
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    The Court of Appeal reaffirms the qualified nature of legal professional privilege. In the recent case of R v Edward Brown (formerly Latham) the Court of Appeal held that it was appropriate, i...
    ... The Court of Appeal reaffirms the qualified nature of legal professional privilege ... In the recent case of R v ... ...
  • Publish And Be Damned? Clift v Slough Borough Council
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... whether the words complained of were published on an occasion of qualified privilege. Qualified privilege is a longestablished defence to a claim in ... ...
  • Daniels vs British Broadcasting Corporation
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... Employer's can argue fair comment, justification, and privilege as three possible defences against a defamation claim. The most common ... (and the one most likely to be argued by an employer) is 'qualified privilege', whereby the employer argues that it had a moral, social or ... ...
  • Daniels vs British Broadcasting Corporation
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... Employer's can argue fair comment, justification, and privilege as three possible defences against a defamation claim. The most common ... (and the one most likely to be argued by an employer) is 'qualified privilege', whereby the employer argues that it had a moral, social or ... ...
  • Daniels vs British Broadcasting Corporation
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... Employer's can argue fair comment, justification, and privilege as three possible defences against a defamation claim. The most common ... (and the one most likely to be argued by an employer) is 'qualified privilege', whereby the employer argues that it had a moral, social or ... ...
  • "UK Supreme Court: Legal Advice Privilege Relates to Lawyers’ Advice Only"
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    Summary - In an eagerly awaited decision of the U.K. Supreme Court in the case of R (on the Application of Prudential plc and Another) v. Special Commissioner of Income Tax and Another, [2013]...
    ... ... advice given to a client by professional people other than lawyers (e.g., tax advisers in accounting firms), even where the professional is qualified to give that legal advice ... Of particular note to practitioners in the United States is the fact that the decision confirms U.K. LAP does not ... ...
  • Public Interest Does Not Trump Responsible Journalism
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... sensitive information.  The officer sued and the Times ran a qualified privilege defence. This allows the publication of matters of public ... ...
  • Defamation - How To Limit The Damage And Protect Your Reputation
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... opinion, matters of public interest and privilege ... First, and most straightforward is truth, which simply refers to ... There are two ... kinds of privilege, absolute privilege and qualified privilege. For ... example, witness testimony in a court of law enjoys ... ...
  • Privilege, And This Time We Mean It
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... restatement of the liberalising judgment of the House of Lords in Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd 2, which in 1999 recognised a common law qualified privilege defence for public interest journalism to the world at large, but it should breathe new life into Reynolds since this latest message from ... ...
  • After the Flood
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... [2010] EWCA Civ 804 made the so called "Reynolds Defence" of qualified privilege based on responsible journalism unworkable? ... The recent ... ...
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