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Hewitt & Others v Grunwald & Others
Comment
The point of legal interest arises out of the ruling on qualified privilege in the context of Internet publication. The Judge suggested that the appropriate test was whether or not the mode of publication selected was 'reasonable and proportionate having regard to the interest sought to be protected'. As to the facts, the case of justification presently permitted to be advanced is controversial and has potentially far-reaching implications, as the Judge recognised, since it rests in part on the contention that donations made to 'Zakat committees' (the usual means by which Islamic charitable donations are administered) in the Occupied Territories are liable to be used to fund terrorism. This is because all such Zakat Committees are alleged to be 'Hamas entities' which play a direct role in facilitating terror.