The WLR Daily case summaries
[2021] WLR(D) 282
Court of Appeal
Riley v Sivier
[2021] EWCA Civ 713
2021 April 27; May 14
Dame Victoria Sharp P,Henderson, Warby LJJ
Defamation— Libel— Public interest defence— Judge striking out defence of truth as having no reasonable prospect of success— Judge also striking out public interest defence on basis defendant could have no reasonable belief in public interest in publishing untrue allegations and unsustainable opinions— Whether judge erring in law— Whether arguable that statement on matter of public interest— Whether court on interim application entitled to find absence of reasonable belief— Whether public interest defence adequately pleaded—
Defamation Act 2013 (c 26), s 4