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Derbyshire County Council v Times Newspapers Ltd

Hearings

England & Wales

15 Mar 1991 [1992] QB 770; [1991] 4 All ER 795; The Times, 8 April 1991, QBD (Morland J)

19 Feb 1992 [1992] QB 770; [1992] 3 WLR 28; [1992] 3 All ER 65; 90 LGR 221; (1992) 4 Admin LR 469; (1992) 142 NLJ 276; The Times, 20 February 1992, CA (Balcombe, Ralph Gibson and Butler-Sloss LJJ)

18 Feb 1993 [1993] AC 534; [1993] 2 WLR 449; [1993] 1 All ER 1011; 91 LGR 179; 91 LGR 179; (1993) 143 NLJ 283; The Times, 19 February 1993, HL(E) (Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Griffiths, Lord Goff of Chieveley, Lord Browne-Wilkinson and Lord Woolf)

Subject Matter

DEFAMATION — Parties — Corporation — Publication relating to administration of local authority's superannuation fund — Publication insinuating maladministration of pension funds — Balance between public interest in freedom of speech and protection of authority's reputation — Whether local authority entitled to maintain action in respect of governmental and administrative function — Local Government Act 1972, s 222(1)

[1992] QB 770; [1993] AC 534; [1992] 3 WLR 28; [1993] 2 WLR 449

Appellate History

Derbyshire County Council v Times Newspapers Ltd [1992] QB 770; [1991] 4 All ER 795; The Times, 8 April 1991, QBD

Decision of Morland J reversed

Derbyshire County Council v Times Newspapers Ltd [1992] QB 770; [1992] 3 WLR 28; [1992] 3 All ER 65; 90 LGR 221; (1992) 4 Admin LR 469; (1992) 142 NLJ 276; The Times, 20 February 1992, CA

Derbyshire County Council v Times Newspapers Ltd [1992] QB 770; [1992] 3 WLR 28; [1992] 3 All ER 65; 90 LGR 221; (1992) 4 Admin LR 469; (1992) 142 NLJ 276; The Times, 20 February 1992, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed on different grounds

Derbyshire County Council v Times Newspapers Ltd [1993] AC 534; [1993] 2 WLR 449; [1993] 1 All ER 1011; 91 LGR 179; 91 LGR 179; (1993) 143 NLJ 283; The Times, 19 February 1993, HL(E)

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