Rufus v Elliot
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
| Judge | Lord Justice Maurice Kay |
| Judgment Date | 08 May 2014 |
| Neutral Citation | [2014] EWCA Civ 759 |
| Docket Number | A2/2013/3675 |
| Date | 08 May 2014 |
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
(MR JUSTICE DINGEMANS)
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London, WC2A 2LL
Before:
Lord Justice Maurice Kay
Lady Justice Rafferty
A2/2013/3675
Rufus
Claimant
and
Elliot
Defendant
Mr D Price QC (instructed by David Price Solicitors and Advocates) appeared on behalf of the Claimant
The Defendant did not appear and was not represented.
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In this renewed application for permission to appeal, permission having been refused on the papers by Sir Stephen Sedley, we are invited to say that the proposed appeal has a real prospect of success.
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We have considered the...
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...complained of as defamatory ( per Tugendhat J in McAlpine v. Bercow [2013] EWHC 1342 (QB) paras at 63 to 66, approved by Sharp LJ in Rufus v. Elliot [2015] EWCA Civ 121 at [11]). As Tugendhat J explained in McAlpine v. Bercow at [66]: "If there are two possible meanings, one less derogator......
