Cases

Foster & Another v Associated Newspapers Limited

Comment

Late amendments to a defence of justification can jeopardise a trial date. It should not always be assumed that they will be granted. Increasingly, the ethos of the CPR means that the Court will treat the loss of the trial date as a very significant matter counting against permission to amend. However, in defamation claims, there is usually a countervailing argument about false vindication - see e.g. Branson v Bower.

Areas of work

Defamation
Media Law
Publishing

Also