Cases

Wood v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police (CA)

Comment

This judgment is valuable for its acknowledgement that the court will look to the general law governing public authorities when considering whether a public authority had a duty to publish material defamatory of individuals for the purpose of a qualified privilege defence. However, the implication of the particular findings of fact in this case are limited by the coming into force, since the publications complained of in 1999, of new legislation on Human Rights, Data Protection and the Police.

Areas of work

Defamation

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