The Weekly Law Reports
[2019] 2 WLR 232
Queen’s Bench Division
Bokova
v
Associated Newspapers Ltd
[2018] EWHC 2032 (QB)
2018 June 8;
July 31
Nicklin J
Defamation— Libel— Meaning of words— Claimant bringing libel proceedings in respect of news articles— Court’s preliminary ruling as to meaning of articles— Defendant amending defence to alter meanings it sought to prove true— Whether entitled to plead meanings at variance with meaning found by court on preliminary ruling— Whether entitled to add further meaning as common sting of articles—
Defamation Act 2013 (c 26), s 2