Defamation Cases 0.0 / 5 ? LawTortUniversityNone Created by: LaraCreated on: 23-03-19 12:31 South Hetton Coal Co. v North Eastern News Association Ltd 1894 Any living person or corporate entity can sue 1 of 25 Derbyshire CC v Times Newspaper Ltd 1993 Public authorities and political parties cannot sue but individuals from them can 2 of 25 Morison v Tussauds Ltd 1894 Example of Libel, published in permanent form, wax sculpture mistakenly put in chamber of horros 3 of 25 Lachaux v Independent Print 2015 Defamatory statement must cause or be likel to cause harm to reputation or finances for a business 4 of 25 Sim v Stretch 1936 Definition of Defamatory ' tends to lower C in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally' 5 of 25 Youssoupoff v MGM Pictures Ltd 1934 Extended definition of defamatory to causing C to be 'stunned or avoided' 6 of 25 Lewis v Daily Telegraph 1964 Defines reasonable person and False innuendo case 7 of 25 Tolley v Fry & Sons Ltd 1931 True Innuendo case 8 of 25 Morgan v Oldhams Press Ltd 1971 Defamation must refer to C 9 of 25 Hulton & Co v Jones 1910 Intention to refer to C is irrelevant. Article on Fictitious barrister 10 of 25 O Shea v MGN Ltd 2001 Look-a-likes don't count as reference to C as it would put a burden on the press 11 of 25 Knuppfer v London Express Newspaper 1944 Reference to claimaint can include small groups 12 of 25 Huth v Huth 1915 Test of reasonable foresight if publication of defamation not intended. Butler opened mail 13 of 25 Slipper v BBC 1991 Repetition is afresh publication and not a defence for a defamatory statement. 14 of 25 Byrne v Deane 1937 Possible to publish by omission, statement not removed from golf club noticeboard 15 of 25 Norwich Pharmical v Customs & Excise Commissioners 1974 C must identify D, can be done by a Norwich Pharmacal order 16 of 25 Mitsul Ltd v Nexem Petroleum UK Ltd 2005 Requirements for Norwich Pharamacal order 17 of 25 Alexander v North Eastern Railway Co. 1861 Defence of truth requires at least 1 statement must be true 18 of 25 Spiller v Joseph 2010 Defence of honest opinion must be based on facts and must be reasonable held 19 of 25 Reynolds v Times Newspapers 2001 Defence of public interest requires responsible journalism 20 of 25 Adam v Ward 1919 Defence of Privilege 21 of 25 British Chiropractic Association v Dr Singh 2010 Defence of Academic Journals 22 of 25 Godfrey v Demon Internet Ltd 2001 Defence of operators of website must remove complained post within 9 days 23 of 25 'McLibel' 1997 Trivial claims of defamation so 'serious harm' reform was passed 24 of 25 Tilting at Windmills Article 4 year political campaign because of Defamation's previous chilling affect on the press 25 of 25
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