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Triaster Ltd v Dun & Bradstreet Ltd [2019] EWHC 3433 (QB) (12 December 2019)
Preliminary defamation ruling on a business credit report. The court held the report did not impute poor creditworthiness or a defamatory level of insolvency risk.
Otuo v Watch Tower Bible And Tract Society of Britain [2019] EWHC 1349 (QB) (07 June 2019)
Trial judgment in slander claims arising from Jehovah’s Witness disciplinary announcements. The court held the publications caused no more than trivial reputational harm and dismissed both claims.
Preliminary defamation issues on an online complaint website: the court found the words complained of were defamatory and distinguished between fact and comment.
McEvoy v Michael [2014] EWHC 701 (QB) (18 March 2014)
Preliminary issues in a defamation claim over Labour Party newsletters. The court held the defendant was responsible for publication and that several passages were defamatory comment.
Briggs v Jordan & Ors [2013] EWHC 3205 (QB) (24 October 2013)
The High Court refused permission to amend a libel claim over passages in a former business partner’s autobiography and struck out the action.
The High Court refused Andrew Briggs permission to amend his libel claim over Simon Jordan’s autobiography and struck out the action.
Fox v Boulter [2013] EWHC 1435 (QB) (04 June 2013)
Preliminary defamation ruling on meaning. The website article was capable of a defamatory meaning, but the broadcast extracts were not.
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