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GKR Karate v Yorkshire Post Ltd
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The appeal came on shortly before the trial. The Court of Appeal decision established for the first time that privilege is to be assessed purely by reference to what the journalist knew at the time, and not by reference to the true underlying facts. The same principle was later applied, in a different context, against the Defendant in Loutchansky v Times Newspapers, where it was held that a publisher may not rely in support of a Reynolds defence on after-acquired knowledge.