Hearings
England & Wales
13 Jun 2006 [2006] EWCA Civ 519; [2006] 1 WLR 2462, CA
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
Subject Matter
PRACTICE — Trial — Libel action — Complicated libel action to be tried by judge alone — Judge finding words complained of bearing range of defamatory meanings — Court's power to order different questions of fact to be tried by different mode of trial — Whether power to order question of particular defamatory meaning to be tried by jury — Supreme Court Act 1981, s 69(1)(4)
Appellate History
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd (No 2) [2005] EWHC 2816 ((QB)
Decision of Eady J affirmed
Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd (No 2) [2006] EWCA Civ 519; [2006] 1 WLR 2462, CA
Commentary
Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Statutory Rights to Trial by Jury
60.2