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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Supreme Court re-states “fair comment” defence and takes defamation law a step closer to reform
Supreme Court re-states “fair comment” defence and takes defamation law a step closer to reform
Case: Joseph v Spiller [2010] UKSC 53
Summary: The Supreme Court recently held that the “fair comment” defence to defamation proceedings does not require that the comment in question had to identify the matters on which it was based with sufficient particularity to enable readers to verify for themselves that the comment was well-founded. The comment did, however, still need to refer in general terms to the facts that led to the comment. Julian Johnstone of Druces’ Litigation & Dispute Resolution team investigates