Corbyn v Millett [2021] EWCA Civ 567 (20 April 2021)
The words complained of were statements of fact, not opinion, and conveyed a defamatory tendency at common law by alleging disruptive and abusive conduct serious enough to lower the claimant's reputation.
- Citation
- [2021] EWCA Civ 567
- Parties
- Appellant/defendant: The Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP; Respondent/claimant: Richard Millett
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Judgment Date
- 20 April 2021
- Procedural Posture
- Libel Appeal / Appeal From Trial of Preliminary Issues
- Outcome
- Appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Libel, Honest Opinion Defence, Defamatory Tendency, Fact Vs Opinion, Threshold of Seriousness
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Parties
The Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP
Appellant/defendant
Richard Millett
Respondent/claimant
Procedural Posture
Libel Appeal / Appeal From Trial of Preliminary Issues
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the statement was a statement of fact or opinion
- 2 Whether the statement was defamatory at common law
Ratio Decidendi
The words complained of were statements of fact, not opinion, and conveyed a defamatory tendency at common law by alleging disruptive and abusive conduct serious enough to lower the claimant's reputation.
Court Disposition
Appeal dismissed
Orders
- The appeal is dismissed; the High Court's findings on fact/opinion and defamatory tendency stand.
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