Jones v Skelton
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1963 |
| Date | 1963 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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Neil McEvoy v Michael Costas Michael
...meaning; second, a meaning by innuendo. 50 The natural and ordinary meaning of words was explained by Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest in Jones v Skelton [1963] 1 W.L.R. 1362, 1370–1: "The ordinary and natural meaning of words may be either the literal meaning or it may be an implied or inferred......
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Associated Newspapers Ltd v Burstein
...and ordinary meaning which the words would have conveyed to the ordinary reasonable reader. As Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest said in Jones v. Skelton [1963] 1 WLR 1362, 1370 in what is now a classic passage: “In deciding whether words are capable of conveying a defamatory meaning, the court w......
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Miqdaad Versi v Mohamed Husain (Aka ED Husain)
...about meaning, before turning to the parties' pleaded cases and submissions, see Tinkler v Ferguson [2020] EWCA Civ 819 at [9]. 29 In Jones v Skelton [1963] 1 WLR 1362 the Privy Council explained what is meant by a natural and ordinary meaning: “The ordinary and natural meaning of words ma......
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The Basics Of Defamation Law In Malaysia
...of defamatory statements far faster and wider than ever envisioned by the drafters of the Defamation Act. Footnotes 1. Jones v Skelton 1963. 3 All ER 952 2. Pardeep Kumar a/l Om Parkash Sharma v Abdullah Sani bin Hashim 2009. 2 MLJ 685 3. Abdul Rahman Talib v Seenivasagam & Anor 1965. 1 MLJ......
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Table of Cases
...37 Ch. D. 260……….....……….32 Lewis & Peat (N.R.I.) Ltd. v. Akhimien (1976) 7 S.C. 157………………161, 523 Lewis v. Daily Telegraph Ltd. (1963) 3 All E.R., 952; (1963) 1 W.L.R. 1370….98 Lewis v. Obawole (2011) 7 N.W.L.R. (Pt. 1247) 573......................................…469 Liman v. Mohammed (19......
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DEFAMATION
...who the statement is made is less than he appears to be because he is open to odium, and ridicule. See Lewis v. Daily Telegraph Ltd. (1963) 3 All E.R., 952 at 958, or (1963) 1 W.L.R. at 1370. The words published of another are said to be in defamatory, if the words open another to ridicule ......
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DEFAMATORY WORDS
...published, reasonable men to whom the publication was made would be likely to understand them in libelous sense. See: Jones v. Skelton (1963) 1 W.L.R. 1362. The meaning ascribed to the whole of Exhibit 1 and paragraph 6 of the appellants statement of claim by the learned trial Judge is qui......