Simmons v Mitchell
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1880 |
| Date | 1880 |
| Year | 1880 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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8 cases
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Morgan v Odhams Press Ltd
...only to minor adjustments of the wording. He said: "I agree with the view expressed arguendo by Sir Montague Smith in the case of Simmons v. Mitchell (1880) 6 App. Cas. 156, 158 'The judge must decide if the words are reasonably capable of two meanings; if he so decide, the jury must determ......
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Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd; Rubber Improvement Ltd v Daily Telegraph Ltd; Rubber Improvement Ltd v Associated Newspapers Ltd
... ... The distinction between suspicion and guilt is illustrated by the case of Simmons v. Mitchell F47 which decided that spoken words which convey a mere suspicion that the plaintiff has committed a crime punishable by imprisonment ... ...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Chau Chak Wing
...would fail in his action: see Mountney v Watton (1831) 2 B & Ad. 673, 678; 109 E.R. 1293, 1296 by Lord Tenterden, Simmons v Mitchell (1880) 6 App Cas 156. The reason is this: If the plaintiff had by his innuendo said the words only imputed suspicion, it would be open to the defendant to ple......
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