Cases

Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Ltd

Comment

Whilst the ex termpore judgments of Masters on matters of fact can only be at best illustrative this is reported here because solicitors for media defendants might find assistance in the following words of Master Fontaine:

"There is, of course, always the point made in these applications in a libel claim that when a defendant publishes information it should have been sure of its facts at the time. But solicitors who are instructed on behalf of a defendant to a libel claim would usually wish, and probably have a duty, to make their own investigations independently of the newspaper defendant.'

Areas of work

Defamation
Media Law

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