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Armstrong v Times Newspapers Ltd & Others (No.3) (QB)
Comment
As he did in the earlier decision of Charman, Gray J recognised the difficulty inherent in the process of a judge ruling on meaning. On the one hand, as clear from the authorities, it is the judge's job to give the article its natural ordinary meaning, avoiding an over analytical approach. On the other, it is important for him to give a reasoned judgment. Notably, the Judge indicated that Defendants should specify the meaning they contend the words bear in their defence (see §15). This meaning will not necessarily be the same meaning as that put forward in Lucas Box particulars.