Vardy v Rooney

Subject Matter

DEFAMATION — Libel — Defence of truth

[2022] EWHC 2017 (QB); Press summary, QBD

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Vardy v Rooney [2022] EWHC 2017 (QB); Press summary, QBD

Armorie v Delamirie (1721) 93 ER 664

Banks v Cadwalladr [2022] EWHC 1417 (QB); [2022] 1 WLR 5236; [2022] WLR(D) 257, QBD

Blackledge v Person(s) Unknown (the Website METOOUCU.BLOGSPOT.COM) [2021] EWHC 1994 (QB), QBD

Bokova v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2018] EWHC 2032 (QB); [2019] QB 861; [2019] 2 WLR 232; [2018] WLR(D) 502, QBD

Chase v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2003] EMLR 11

Dudley v Phillips [2022] EWHC 930 (QB); [2022] EWHC 930 (QB) , QBD

Gulati v MGN Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 1291; [2017] QB 149; [2016] 2 WLR 1217; [2016] 3 All ER 799; [2015] WLR (D) 535, CA

Kairos Shipping Ltd v Enka & Co LLC (The Atlantik Confidence) [2016] EWHC 2412 (Admlty); [2016] 2 Lloyd's Rep 525, QBD

Riley v Murray [2021] EWHC 3437 (QB), QBD

Rothschild v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2013] EMLR 18

Turcu (Alin) v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2005] EWHC 799 (QB), QBD

Vardy v Rooney [2021] EWHC 1888 (QB), QBD

Vardy v Rooney [2020] EWHC 3156 (QB); [2020] EWHC 3831 (QB), QBD

Vardy v Rooney [2022] EWHC 304 (QB), QBD

Vardy v Rooney [2022] EWHC 946 (QB), QBD

Vardy v Rooney [2022] EWHC 1209 (QB), QBD

Cases citing

Cases citing: Vardy v Rooney [2022] EWHC 2017 (QB); Press summary, QBD

Bekoe v Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Islington [2023] EWHC 1668 (KB), KBD

King v DWF LLP [2023] EWHC 3132 (Comm), KBD

Manning v DNATA Catering UK Ltd [2023] EWHC 3302 (KB), KBD

Wilson v Mendelsohn [2024] EWHC 821 (KB), KBD

Commentary

Inforrm's Blog
Vardy v Rooney, Judge dismisses “Wagatha Christie” libel claim Case comment

UK Human Rights Blog
Vardy 0 – 1 Rooney: Wagatha Christie solved at last Case comment

Inforrm's Blog
Wagatha Christie: what the judgment said, and what it means for future libel litigants Case comment