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The High Court held that a complaint to Amazon accusing a rival seller of counterfeit Velcro products and trademark infringement was defamatory and contained both fact and opinion.
The defendant's pleaded defence of truth is sufficiently particularised and capable of proving the substantial truth of the defamatory imputations. The defence is not bound to fail, is not an abuse of process, and does not fail to comply with procedural rules. The application to strike out the defence does not meet the high threshold required and is refused.
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Amersi v British Broadcasting Corporation [2024] EWHC 774 (KB) (09 April 2024)
The court held that BBC Panorama and a BBC News article meant there were strong grounds to suspect Mohamed Amersi had been involved in corrupt Telia deals.
Direct Accident Management Ltd & Anor v Newsquest Specialist Media Ltd [2022] EWHC 2572 (KB) (17 October 2022)
High Court libel preliminary issues decision on the meanings of two Insurance Times articles about credit hire costs, finding defamatory factual meanings against both claimants.
Defamation preliminary-issues judgment on meaning, fact versus opinion, and defamatory sting in two Insurance Times articles about credit hire costs.
Ijaz v Manan [2021] EWHC 3683 (QB) (07 December 2021)
Defamation preliminary issues: the court determined meanings of five publications and struck out claims based on two texts under Jameel for no real and substantial tort.
Ijaz v Manan [2021] EWHC 3683 (QB) (07 December 2021)
The High Court determined the meanings of five alleged defamatory publications and struck out libel claims over two texts under Jameel because there was no real and substantial tort.
The High Court determined the meanings of five alleged libels and struck out two text-message claims under Jameel, finding no real and substantial tort.
Abramovich v Harpercollins Publishers Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 3154 (QB) (24 November 2021)
High Court libel preliminary-issues judgment on the meaning of passages in Putin's People, including whether they were defamatory and fact or opinion.
Ware v Wimborne-idrissi & Ors [2021] EWHC 2296 (QB) (13 August 2021)
The High Court determined the meanings of alleged defamatory words in radio and website publications about journalist John Ware, and held both meanings defamatory.
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