Cases

Gregson v Channel Four Television

Comment

The decision raises questions about the role of the jury in trials involving the Reynolds' qualified privilege Defence. The decision to proceed with a judge alone trial after the jury had returned a verdict on meaning may prove to be an attractive way of avoiding some of the difficulties of having a jury try a Reynolds' Defence. Whether this is consistent with the right to jury trial in defamation cases did not seem to trouble the Court of Appeal greatly.

Areas of work

Defamation
Media Law
Publishing

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