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[2019] WLR (D) 214
Supreme Court
Stocker v Stocker
[2019] UKSC 17
2019 Jan 24; April 3
Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Wilson, Lord Hodge, Lady Arden, Lord Kitchin JJSC
Defamation— Libel— Meaning of words— Defendant posting on social media that claimant “tried to strangle” her— Claimant bring action for defamation alleging that those words meant that he had tried to kill her— Criteria for deciding meanings of statements in social media postings— Whether defence of justification made out