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Defamation [2012] JRC 092

Pitman -v- Jersey Evening Post and 1st Jersey Ltd

Pitman -v- Jersey Evening Post and 1st Jersey Ltd [2012] JRC 092 (10 May 2012)

The Jersey Royal Court held that a Christmas cartoon in the Jersey Evening Post was not defamatory of the Pitmans, either naturally or by innuendo.

  • Libel
  • Defamatory meaning
  • Innuendo
  • Freedom of expression
  • Threshold of seriousness
  • Political satire
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Tort [2012] 1 JLR 308

Pitman v Jersey Evening Post

Pitman v Jersey Evening Post [2012] 1 JLR 308 (26 March 2012)

Defamation appeal on innuendo evidence: witnesses may prove extrinsic facts supporting the pleaded meaning, but not testify to the meaning they understood.

  • Innuendo
  • Evidence
  • Meaning of published words
  • Defamation
  • Meaning-of-publication
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