Scott v Sampson
Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Date | 1881 |
Year | 1881 |
Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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Speidel v Plato Films Ltd
...complained. I find it unnecessary to examine this volume of authority, for that task was thoroughly performed by Mr. Justice Cave in Scott v. Sampson, 8 Q.B.D. 491, in a judgment which has to this day never been challenged. His conclusion was that "As to … evidence of facts and circumstanc......
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Turner v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another
...aspect of the law of defamation. 29 As I have indicated when summarising Eady J's judgment, there is a principle recognised in 1882 in Scott v. Sampson that, while general evidence of bad reputation possessed by the claimant is admissible in mitigation of damage in defamation cases, evidenc......
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Lee Hsien Loong v Singapore Democratic Party
...to be admitted must pertain to the plaintiff’s general reputation and may not relate to specific acts of misconduct (see Scott v Sampson (1882) 8 QBD 491; Gatley on Libel and Slander (Patrick Milmo & W V H Rogers eds) (Sweet & Maxwell, 10th Ed, 2004) at paras 33.29–33.32; and Aaron v Cheong......
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Table of Cases
.... . 81Schutz v State, 957 SW2d 52 (Tex Crim App,1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139Scott v Sampson (1882) 8 QBD 491 . . . . .134, 135Selvey v DPP [1970] AC 304. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Serves v France (1999) 28 EHRR 265. . . . . . . . . 81Shenk......
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Pleadings
...of investigation because it was not in issue, as the defendant had not placed his defence on the ground of privilege: Scott v. Sampson, 8 Q.B.D. 491, Bell v. Park, 11 Ir. C. L. Rep. 413 (1860). On balance, it is suggested that "qualified privilege" should be expressly pleaded. This will ass......
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Facts Relevant to the Assessment of Damages in Defamation: Turner v News Group Newspapers Ltd
...was made. 3 BDSM is an abbreviation of ‘bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism andmasochism’. 4 Scott v Sampson (1882) 8 QBD 491 at 503, per Cave J, quoting from Starkie on Evidence. 134 (2007) 11 E&P 134–138 E & P FACTS RELEVANT TO THE ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES IN DEFAMATION ......