Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd

Subject Matter

COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) — Appeal — Function of appellate court — Claimant bringing libel action against publisher of defamatory newspaper article — Trial of defence of qualified privilege — Right to publish matter of public interest balanced against rights of individual to reputation — Whether appellate court entitled to interfere with judge's balancing exercise only if error of principle or conclusion plainly wrong — Whether balancing exercise raising question of law for appellate court to determine

[2010] EWCA Civ 804; [2011] 1 WLR 153; [2010] WLR (D) 187, CA

DEFAMATION — Privilege — Qualified — Newspaper and website publication concerning police investigation into alleged corruption by police officer — Article containing details of allegations — Internal inquiry exonerating police officer — Original article remaining on website unaltered — Whether qualified privilege protecting responsible journalism attaching to both publications when originally published — Whether any qualified privilege attaching to website publication continuing after defendant learning of results of police inquiry into claimant

[2010] EWCA Civ 804; [2011] 1 WLR 153; [2010] WLR (D) 187, CA

[2012] UKSC 11; [2012] 2 AC 273; [2012] 2 WLR 760; [2012] 4 All ER 913; [2012] WLR (D) 93; Case details, SC(E)

Appellate History

Commentary

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