Cases

Al-Fagih v HH Saudi Research & Marketing

Comment

See the discussion in Gatley on Libel and Slander (10th ed) at 14.90 and in Gray J's judgment in English v Hastie where Gray J distinguished Al-Faghi on the basis that what was being reported was a continued campaign of charge and counter-charge. There was no general privilege for neutral reporting, particularly since so to hold would cut across the intention shown by Parliament in Sch 1 to the Defamation Act 1996 defining categories of information that were protected if the subject of fair and accurate reports.

Areas of work

Defamation
Media Law
Publishing

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