Broome v Agar (1928)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1928
Year1928
CourtCourt of Appeal
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9 cases
  • Browne v Tribune Newspapers Plc
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 November 2000
  • Barrett v Independent Newspapers
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 12 March 1986
    ... ... V BENNETT 1894 AC 284 BERRY V IRISH TIMES LTD 1973 IR 368 , 108 ILTR 33 BROOME V CASSELL & CO 1972 AC 1027 , 1972 2 WLR 645 , 1972 2 AER 187 BROOME V AGAR 138 LT 698 ... in Browne v. Agar (1928) 138 L.T. at 702 ... 34 A clear and concise statement of the law on this matter, basedjudicial ... ...
  • Safeway Plc v Tate
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 December 2000
    ...the Court will set aside the verdict as perverse and unreasonable and order a new trial." 25 Counsel also cited Broome v. Agar (1928) 44 TLR 339 and Sankey L.J. at 341 : "It is not, however, open to the judge to say that the words do bear a defamatory meaning, that is for the jury, but the ......
  • Gleaner Company Ltd v Vincent Wellesley
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 17 July 2001
    ...article. 17 Mr. Vassell Q.C. contends that the construction to be given to the words of an article are the purview of the jury and cited Broome v Agar [1928] TLR 339 in support. The case was yet another example where the words of an article which constituted the alleged libel were left for ......
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