Mutch v Robertson
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Year | 1981 |
| Date | 1981 |
| Court | Court of Session (Inner House - Second Division) |
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7 cases
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Alan Massie V. Callum Mccaig And Others
...interlocutor at 872). It is not necessary that what is said took place specifically in the context of a council meeting (Mutch v Robertson 1981 SLT 217), but what is said has to be linked to the councillor's public duties. [28] The court has been unable to reach a concluded view on whether ......
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Frances Curran V. Scottish Daily Record And Sunday Mail Limited
...that context reference was made to McLaughlin v Orr Pollock & Co [1894] 22 R 38, Langlands v Leng 1916 SC (HL) 102 and Mutch v Robertson 1981 SLT 217. Those decisions all supported the contention that criticisms of someone holding public office could not have a defamatory meaning unless the......
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Kenneth Niven+helen Gillespie V. Ryanair Limited
...He referred here to Macphail's Sheriff Court Practice (3rd Edn) 18.14, Pollok School v City of Glasgow 1946 SLT 365, Mutch v Robertson 1981 SLT 217, and Roofcare Ltd v Gillies 1984 SLT (Sh Ct) 8 and submitted that, since the concession had been on a legal point, he was entitled to withdraw ......
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Francis Curran V. Sc Ottish Daily Record And Sunday Mail Ltd
...in the article amounted to an imputation of a base or indirect motive. That was defamatory. Reference was made to Mutch v Robertson 1981 SLT 217, at pages 222, 225-227; Branson v Bower [2001] EMLR 32, paragraphs 12 and 13; McLaughlan v Orr, Pollock & Co (1894) 22 R 38 at page 39; Waddell v ......
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