Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | LORD PHILLIPS,LORD BROWN,LORD MANCE,LORD CLARKE,LORD DYSON |
| Judgment Date | 21 March 2012 |
| Neutral Citation | [2012] UKSC 11 |
| Date | 21 March 2012 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
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Alexander Economou v David de Freitas
...[2002] UKPC 31 [2003], 1 AC 300, Jameel (Mohammed) and anor v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl [2006] UKHL 44, [2007] 1 AC 359 and Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd [2012] UKSC 11, [2012] 2 AC 273, were of relevance to the interpretation of section 4. Though the point was uncontroversial before......
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Anna Turley v Unite the Union
...that it leaves the defamed individual without a remedy for damage to reputation: Serafin [40] (relying upon Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd [2012] 2 AC 273 [48] per Lord Phillips). ii) When considering a defence under s.4, there are three questions to be addressed: Economou [87]: (1) was the s......
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Tim Yeo v Times Newspapers Ltd
...(ii) the publisher has acted responsibly in publishing the information, a test usually referred to as 'responsible journalism' …": Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd [2012] UKSC 11, [2012] 2 AC 273 [2] (Lord Phillips.) The defence can protect defamatory factual statements which are not or cannot......
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Arron Banks v Carole Cadwalladr
...Times Newspapers Ltd [2001] 2 AC 127 and Jameel v Wall Street Journal [2006] UKHL 44, [2007] 1 AC 359, and the Supreme Court in Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd [2012] UKSC 11, [2012] 2 AC 273. But the Reynolds defence has been replaced by the public interest defence contained in s.4 of the......
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1 firm's commentaries
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The "Reynolds Public Interest Defence" And S.4 Of The UK Defamation Act 2013
...v Times Newspapers Ltd [2001] 2 AC 127, Jameel (Mohammed) v Wall Street Journal Sprl [2006] UKHL 44 and Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd [2012] UKSC 11. Background This case concerns an article published by Nowy Czas, a newspaper for the Polish community in the UK on Mr. Serafin ("Claimant"), a......
4 books & journal articles
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A COMMON LAW TORT OF PRIVACY?
...of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and (d) freedom of association. 14 See, for example, Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd[2012] UKSC 11; [2012] 2 AC 273 (revelation of potential police corruption) and the privacy case of AAA v Associated Newspapers Ltd[2013] EWCA Civ 554 (revela......
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Taming the ‘Chilling Effect’ of Defamation Law: English Experience and Implications for Australia
...on appeal [2002] 4 AllER 732.113. Jameel v WallStreet Journal Europe Sprl [2007] 1 AC 359 (‘Jameel v WSJ’); Flood v Times Newspapers [2012] 2 AC273 (‘Flood’).114. Flood (n 111) [158].115. Acknowledged by Lord McNally in parliamentary debates: United Kingdom, Parliamentary Debates, House of ......
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Tilting at Windmills: the Defamation Act 2013
...Legal Quarterly 27–58.17 Re S (A Child) (Identification: Restrictions on Publication) [2004] UKHL 47 at [17].18 Flood vTimes Newspapers [2012] UKSC 11 at [113].19 The common law defence is abolished by s 3(8).20 Tse Wai Chun Paul vAlbert Cheng [2001] EMLR 777 at [20], per Lord Nicholls.Alast......
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UK DEFAMATION ACT 2013
...also the words of Lord Nicholls (at 205) that “[a]ny lingering doubts should be resolved in favour of publication”. 38[2007] 1 AC 359. 39[2012] UKSC 11. 40 Even though delaying the publication by 24 hours would have given the claimant the opportunity to respond. On the facts of the case, th......