Aaron Sterritt and Telegraph Media Group Limited and Associated Newspapers Limited and News Group Newspapers Limited
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Humphreys J |
| Neutral Citation | [2022] NiQB 43 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 09 June 2022 |
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Neutral Citation No: [2022] NIQB 43
Judgment: approved by the court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: HUM11867
ICOS No. 15/101452
Delivered: 09/06/2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION
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Between:
AARON STERRITT
Plaintiff
and
TELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP LIMITED
First Defendant
and
ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LIMITED
Second Defendant
and
NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS LIMITED
Third Defendant
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Ronan Lavery QC and Sean Mullan (instructed by DA Martin Solicitors) for the Plaintiff
Gavin Millar QC (instructed by Carson McDowell Solicitors) for the second Defendant
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HUMPHREYS J
Introduction
[1] This is an application brought by the second defendant, the publisher of the
Daily Mail and the Mail Online (‘the defendant’), seeking to dismiss the plaintiff’s
proceedings against it.
[2] There are two discrete bases for the application:
(i) That the claim ought to be dismissed for want of prosecution; and
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