The Weekly Law Reports
[2025] 2 WLR 663
Court of Appeal
Iqbal
v
Geo TV Ltd
[2024] EWCA Civ 1566
2024 Nov 5; Dec 13
Underhill, Dingemans, Warby LJJ
Defamation— Privilege— Qualified— Claimant bringing libel claim over television broadcasts of political meeting— Defendant asserting broadcasts protected by qualified privilege as fair and accurate reports of proceedings at public meeting— Proper approach to consideration of such privilege— Whether broadcasts “fair and accurate” “reports” of “proceedings” at “public meeting”— Whether matter published “not of public interest”— Whether publication of such matter “not for the public benefit”— Whether publication made with “malice”—
Defamation Act 1996 (c 31), s 15, Sch 1, para 12