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Expenses judgment after absolvitor in a defamation and injuria action. The sheriff awarded defender’s expenses on a party-and-party basis with a 35% uplift.
WILDCAT HAVEN ENTERPRISES CIC AGAINST ANDY WIGHTMAN [2020] ScotCS CSOH_30 (11 March 2020)
Court of Session defamation action over blogs, tweets and a Facebook post about Wildcat Haven and Highland Titles. The pursuer failed on meaning, defences and loss.
DAWSON, APPEAL BY MICHAEL DAWSON v D. C. THOMSON & CO LTD, t/a DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH [2019] ScotSAC CIV 14 (02 April 2019)
A civil appeal in the Sheriff Appeal Court concerning whether a newspaper publication was defamatory and protected by qualified privilege.
Cayzer v Times Newspapers Ltd [2015] ScotCS CSIH_55 (08 July 2015)
The Inner House held that a Sunday Times article could arguably defame Nigel Cayzer by implying he acted improperly as executor for personal gain.
(FIRST) WILLIAM RODDIE and (SECOND) SPECTRUM PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) Ltd against ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS Ltd [2015] ScotCS CSOH_30 (26 March 2015)
Defamation action dismissed after the court held the newspaper article could not bear the defamatory meanings alleged by the pursuers.
JAMES DUFF v. PATRICK SHEARER [2014] CSIH_20 (11 February 2014)
The Inner House refused James Duff’s appeal against an order requiring caution for expenses, holding the sheriff acted properly given the weak, time-barred claim and unpaid prior costs.
Lyons v Stephen House, QPM & Anor [2013] ScotCS CSIH_46 (05 June 2013)
The Inner House refused the reclaiming motion, holding that the defamation claim failed for lack of malice and the Data Protection Act claim was irrelevant.
Massie v McCaig & Ors [2013] ScotCS CSIH_37 (21 March 2013)
The Inner House refused leave to appeal to the UK Supreme Court, holding that recall of an interim interdict was interlocutory and not final in substance.
Massie v McCaig & Ors [2013] ScotCS CSIH_14 (01 March 2013)
The Inner House held that a political statement and article could bear a defamatory innuendo, but fair comment applied and interim interdict was recalled.
Curran v Scottish Daily Record & Sunday Mail Ltd [2011] ScotCS CSIH_86 (20 December 2011)
The court held that a political newspaper article was not defamatory, and that qualified privilege applied as a fair retort; alleged malice by Mr Sheridan was irrelevant.
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