Lait v Evening Standard Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLord Justice Laws,Lord Justice Longmore,The Master of the Rolls
Judgment Date28 July 2011
Neutral Citation[2011] EWCA Civ 859
Docket NumberCase No: A2/2011/0086
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Date28 July 2011
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19 cases
  • Peter Abbey v (1) Andrew Gilligan (2) Associated Newspapers Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 20 November 2012
    ...that the possibility of obtaining an injunction justifies permitting this action to proceed." 137 In Lait v Evening Standard Limited [2011] EWCA Civ 859 Laws LJ said : "41… Jameel was also applied by this court in Khader v Aziz [2010] EWCA Civ 716 where it was held (paragraph 32) that the a......
  • Mueen-Uddin v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 20 June 2024
    ...towards him, or has a tendency so to do” (para 96). 76 Jameel was considered by the Court of Appeal in Lait v Evening Standard Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 859; [2011] 1 WLR 2973, where Laws LJ stated (para 42): “The principle identified in [ Jameel] consists in the need to put a stop to defamatio......
  • Jacqueline Thompson (Claimant and Part 20 Defendant) v Mark James (First Defendant and Part 20 Claimant) Carmarthenshire County Council (Second Defendant)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 15 March 2013
    ...approach to defamation has evolved. The court considers "the balance to be struck between public interest and private right": Lait v Evening Standard Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 859; [2011] 1 WLR 2973 para [43]. 409 There is, of course, always a risk that a libel action may chill public discussion......
  • Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc v (1) Aviation News Ltd (2) Philip Tozer-Pennington
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 12 June 2013
    ...FSR 29 paras [48], [55] and [58] and Ajinomoto Sweetener SAS v Asda Stores Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 609; [2011] QB 497 at para [29]. In Lait v Evening Standard [2011] EWCA Civ 859; [2011] 1 WLR 2973 at paras [42]–[453 and Waterson v Lloyd [2013] EWCA Civ 136 at para [67] Laws LJ has twice note......
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  • Campaigns of Vilification and Defamation
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings Part I. Background and Context
    • 13 June 2022
    ...has evolved. The court considers “the balance to be struck between public interest and private right”: Lait v Evening Standard Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 859; [2011] 1 WLR 2973 para [43]. 409. There is, of course, always a risk that a libel action may chill public discussion of matters of public i......

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