Cases

Adelson v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No 3)

Comment

This unprecedented application by a libel defendant prompted a wide-ranging examination of some core principles in the law of defamation and compromise. The basic message, though, is simple and salutary: "The court expects an apology to be frank. It does not expect a claimant to accept an apology which is not full and frank, and which the defendant does not believe in. The court does not accept that a false apology gives vindication which is as good as that given by a true apology." (para. 74)

(Readers should note that the reporting restriction set out in para. 1 of the judgment has been discharged.)

Areas of work

Defamation
Media Law

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