The Weekly Law Reports
[2008] 1 WLR 1
Court of Appeal
*Purnell v BusinessF1 Magazine Ltd and another
[2007] EWCA Civ 744
2007 April 18
Chadwick, Laws LJJ and Evans-Lombe J
Defamation— Damages for libel— Assessment by jury— Judge summarily striking out justification defence— Jury to determine quantum of damages— Judge directing jury that award could include element of vindication— Whether judgment striking out defence in itself sufficient vindication—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 10
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