Morgan v Times Newspapers Ltd
The article's meaning, as understood by the reasonable reader, is that there is reasonable cause to suspect the Claimant was professionally negligent in her prosecutorial decisions, which is defamatory at common law and has a tendency to cause serious harm to her professional reputation.
- Parties
- Claimant: Alison Morgan; Defendant: Times Newspapers Limited
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Judgment Date
- 02 July 2019
- Procedural Posture
- Libel / Trial of Preliminary Issues
- Outcome
- Preliminary issues determined in favour of the Claimant
- Legal Topics
- Libel, Professional Negligence, Threshold of Seriousness, Meaning of Publication
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Parties
Alison Morgan
Claimant
Times Newspapers Limited
Defendant
Procedural Posture
Libel / Trial of Preliminary Issues
Legal Issues
- 1 True meaning of the article
- 2 Whether the article is defamatory at common law
- 3 Whether the article has a tendency to cause serious harm to the reputation of the Claimant
Ratio Decidendi
The article's meaning, as understood by the reasonable reader, is that there is reasonable cause to suspect the Claimant was professionally negligent in her prosecutorial decisions, which is defamatory at common law and has a tendency to cause serious harm to her professional reputation.
Court Disposition
Preliminary issues determined in favour of the Claimant
Orders
- The meaning of the article is as pleaded by the Claimant
- The article is defamatory at common law
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