Dee v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2009] EWHC 2546 (QB) (19 October 2009)

Dee v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2009] EWHC 2546 (QB) (19 October 2009)

The Claimant must provide constructive answers to the Defendant's requests for further information regarding whether his 54 consecutive defeats were in tournaments on the 'international professional circuit', 'world circuit', or 'the circuit', and whether Spanish tournaments were part of such circuits, to clarify the scope of factual dispute and narrow issues for trial.

Citation
[2009] EWHC 2546
Parties
Claimant: Robert Dee; Defendant: Telegraph Media Group Limited
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
19 October 2009
Procedural Posture
Defamation / Interlocutory Application for Further Information
Outcome
Application granted
Legal Topics
Libel, Pleading Requirements, Further Information, Meaning of Published Words
Defamation Media Law Libel Pleading Requirements Further Information Meaning of Published Words

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Parties

Robert Dee

Claimant

Telegraph Media Group Limited

Defendant

Procedural Posture

Defamation / Interlocutory Application for Further Information

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the Claimant must answer requests for further information regarding the definition and scope of 'international professional circuit' and whether Spanish tournaments formed part of it
  2. 2 Whether the Defendant's request relates to meaning or factual dispute
  3. 3 Appropriateness of the mechanism for seeking clarification

Ratio Decidendi

The Claimant must provide constructive answers to the Defendant's requests for further information regarding whether his 54 consecutive defeats were in tournaments on the 'international professional circuit', 'world circuit', or 'the circuit', and whether Spanish tournaments were part of such circuits, to clarify the scope of factual dispute and narrow issues for trial.

Court Disposition

Application granted

Orders

  • Claimant directed to answer Defendant's requests for further information constructively, not merely by non-admission