Grobbelaar v News Group Newspapers Ltd
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | LORD BINGHAM OF CORNHILL,LORD STEYN,LORD HOBHOUSE OF WOODBOROUGH,LORD MILLETT,LORD SCOTT OF FOSCOTE |
| Judgment Date | 24 October 2002 |
| Neutral Citation | [2002] UKHL 40 |
| Date | 24 October 2002 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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Cooper-Flynn v Raidió Teilifís Éireann
...no damages at all. He cited in support of thissubmission the decision of the House of Lords in Grobbelaar-v- Newsgroup Newspapers Ltd. [2002] 4 All ER 732. 85As to the further directions given by the trial judge to the jury on day28, following further submissions by counsel on behalf of RTÉ......
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W&W Spices Grenada Ltd Claimant v Grenada Nutmeg Products LLC Defendant [ECSC]
...Under its inherent jurisdiction the power to grant a stay varies and depends largely on the circumstances of each case. In Grobbelaar v News Group Newspapers Ltd. [2002] 1 WLR 3024, at page 3037B) Lord Bingham defined the inherent jurisdiction of the court as being "the reserve or fund of ......
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Kenny D. Anthony Claimant v Vaughn Lewis Defendant [ECSC]
...also featured inGrobbelaar vs. News Group Newspapers [2001] 2 ALL E.R. 437 and Grobbelaar vs. News Group Newspapers Ltd and Another [2002] U.K.H.L. 40 on 24/10/02. This was a libel and slander case in which justification and qualified privilege were pleaded as defences. On appeal to the Hou......
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McDonagh v Sunday Newspapers Ltd
...of a judgment but, nonetheless, it is entitled to as much respect. As Lord Bingham said in Grobbelaar v. News Group Newspapers Ltd [2002] 4 All ER 732 at 744 the task of an appellate court is to 'seek to interpret the jury's decision' and it is not 'because of justifiable dissatisfaction a......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Privilege, And This Time We Mean It
...Miller v Associated Newspapers [2004] EMLR 698, McKeith v News Group Newspapers [2005] EMLR 780 11 Grobelaar v News Group Newspapers [2002] 1 WLR 3024; Loutchansky v Times Newspapers [2002] QB 783, English v Hastie (31 January 2002, Gray J), Jameel v Times Newspapers [2006] UKHL 44, Henry v......
2 books & journal articles
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Lange and Reynolds qualified privilege: Australian and English defamation law and practice.
...ER 437 (Court of Appeal). Note that this aspect of the decision was not challenged on appeal: Grobbelaar v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2002] 1 WLR 3024 (House of Lords). (48) Jameel [2004] EMLR 196, 209-10 (Eady J). There is a danger, however, that urgency will be evaluated with hindsight, r......
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Defamation law and free speech: Reynolds v. Times Newspapers and the English media.
...[2000] E.M.L.R. 431 (Eng. C.A.). (110.) See Reynolds, [2001] 2 A.C. 127, 205. (111.) See Grobbelaar v. News International, Ltd., [2002] 1 W.L.R. 3024; James Gilbert v. MGN, [2000] E.M.L.R. 680; c.f. GKR Karate v. Yorkshire Post Newspapers, [2000] E.M.L.R. 410. (112.) Bonnick v. Morris, [200......