Cases

Turcu v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Comment

The judge described the case as "extraordinary in many ways", not least because the trial would be conducted in the absence of the claimant and without any evidence at all from him. The judge emphasised that the "new doctrine" established by the Court of Appeal in Dow Jones v Jameel [2005] EWCA Civ 75 was to be applied only in exceptional circumstances, and noted that the Jameel case itself has already been distinguished by the Court of Appeal in Pritchard Englefield v Steinberg (Unrep., 3 March 2005). The decision on mode of trial points to an increasing trend away from trial by jury.

Areas of work

Defamation
Media Law

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