The WLR Daily case summaries
[2021] WLR(D) 377
Queen’s Bench Division
Bindel v PinkNews Media Group Ltd and another
[2021] EWHC 1868 (QB)
2021 May 26; July 7
Nicklin J
Defamation— Practice— Preliminary issues— Claimant bringing libel proceedings against defendants in respect of online publication— Defendants applying for trial of preliminary issues— Whether appropriate to order preliminary trial of “threshold issues” on which claimant bearing burden of proof—
Defamation Act 1996 (c 31)
ss 2, 3, 4