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Defamation

Evangelos Marinakis v Eirini Karypidou & Ors

The High Court determined preliminary issues in a defamation claim about online posts, videos and billboards alleging serious criminality, and broadly accepted the claimant’s pleaded meanings.

  • Libel
  • Unlawful means conspiracy
  • Meaning of publications
  • Fact vs opinion
  • Defamatory at common law
  • Defamation
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Defamation

Guerrilla Marketing Ltd v NGM Advertising Limited

The court decided preliminary issues on meaning in a defamation claim over emails alleging a marketing rival had mis-sold advertising space and acted fraudulently.

  • Libel
  • Malicious falsehood
  • Unlawful interference with economic interests
  • Procuring breach of contract
  • Meaning of publications
  • Fact vs opinion
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Defamation [2026] EWHC 1085 (KB)

Guerrilla Marketing Ltd v NGM Advertising Ltd & Ors

Guerrilla Marketing Ltd v NGM Advertising Ltd & Ors [2026] EWHC 1085 (KB) (08 May 2026)

Preliminary defamation issues over emails alleging a rival falsely sold advertising space on screens it did not own.

  • Libel
  • Malicious falsehood
  • Unlawful interference with economic interests
  • Procuring breach of contract
  • Meaning of publications
  • Fact vs opinion
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Defamation [2022] EWHC 482

Packham v Wightman & Ors (Preliminary Issues)

Packham v Wightman & Ors (Preliminary Issues) [2022] EWHC 482 (QB) (10 March 2022)

The High Court held that 19 online publications about Chris Packham bore defamatory meanings as assertions of fact, not opinion, in a defamation trial of preliminary issues.

  • Meaning of publications
  • Defamatory statements
  • Fact vs opinion
  • Fundraising misrepresentation
  • Charity law
  • Defamation
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Defamation [2022] EWHC 482 (QB)

Packham v Wightman & Ors (Preliminary Issues)

Packham v Wightman & Ors (Preliminary Issues) [2022] EWHC 482 (QB) (10 March 2022)

Preliminary issues in a defamation claim over articles, videos and tweets accusing Chris Packham of dishonest fundraising. The court found the meanings defamatory and factual.

  • Meaning of publications
  • Fact vs opinion
  • Defamatory statements
  • Fundraising misrepresentation
  • Defamation
  • Media-law
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