Cases

Radu v Houston & Another (No.4)

Comment

This is another case in which justification of a "grounds to suspect" or related meaning has been radically pruned to remove reliance on allegations or beliefs of others, previous publications, suspect documents, etc. Some of the rules, e.g. the conduct rule, may rest on shaky logical foundations, but are there to ensure fairness to the claimant. The sub-text may be that if the defendant cannot meet a responsible journalism test (Reynolds), he can fairly be restricted in running a defence of justification which does not accuse the cliamant of having done anything wrong.

Areas of work

Defamation
Media Law

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