Iqbal v Geo TV Ltd

Subject Matter

DEFAMATION — Privilege — Qualified

[2023] EWHC 3024 (KB), KBD

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

[2024] EWCA Civ 1566; [2025] KB 357; [2025] 2 WLR 663; [2024] WLR(D) 564, CA

Appellate History