Hinduja v Asian TV Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
| Judgment Date | 12 December 1997 |
| Date | 12 December 1997 |
Court of Appeal
Hinduja
and
Asian TV Ltd
Defamation - whether words capable of bearing meaning contended for - appeals discouraged
Appeals discouraged
Appeals under Order 82, rule 3A of the Rules of the Supreme Court should be discouraged. The purpose of the rule was to provide a speedy decision in chambers as to whether or not words complained of in an action for defamation were capable of bearing the meaning contended for.
The Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Hirst, Lord Justice Henry and Mr Justice...
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9 cases
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Deandra Chung v Future Services International Ltd and Another
...of a judge at first instance that the words alleged to be libellous are capable of bearing the defamatory meaning alleged (see Hinduja v Asia TV Limited [1998] EMLR 516, 523 per Hirst LJ and Cruise v Express Newspapers [1999] QB 931, 936 per Brooke LJ) 6. Where the judge has held that words......
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Jameel and another v Wall Street Journal Europe
...instance that the words alleged to be libellous are capable of bearing the defamatory meaning alleged (see Hinduja v Asia TV Limited [1998] EMLR 516, 523 per Hirst LJ and Cruise v Express Newspapers [1999] QB 931, 936 per Brooke LJ). 6. Where the judge has held that words are not capable of......
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Shah and Another v Standard Chartered Bank
...rely on what you have been told by someone else. In my judgment, it is not. I maintain the view which I expressed at first instance in Hinduja v. Asia T.V. (unreported 1996). In that case, the defendants wanted to justify a meaning of a defamatory publication to the effect that there were c......
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Berezovsky and Another v Forbes Inc. and Another
...he reminds us, has in recent years reiterated its reluctance to encourage interlocutory appeals on meaning. In Hinduja v Asia TV Ltd [1998] EMLR 516, 523 Hirst LJ said: “I would strongly wish to discourage appeals … on which the decision seems to me to lie essentially within the province of......
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