Cases

Jameel & Another v Wall Street Journal Europe (CA)

Comment

Another case demonstrating that a very high hurdle has to be cleared before a meaning can be ruled out from consideration by a jury. Ascertaining the range of permissible meanings is an exercise in generosity, not in parsimony. This case also establishes an important limitation on the GKR principle that evidence as to truth, or as to reliability of sources, is not admissible on the question of Reynolds privilege. The evidence will be admissible if it tends to establish that the journalist did not have a source at all, or at least a source who actually said what he is claimed to have said.

Areas of work

Defamation
Media Law

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