Cases

ex parte Coventry Newspapers Ltd

Comment

PII for documents of this kind was later done away with by the House of Lords. But at the time the doctrine that PII covered such documents was well-established. The strong facts of the case clearly helped this novel application to succeed. It proved an effective manouevre. The documents were handed over, the CET pleaded justification, and the libel action effectively came to an end: one of the plaintiffs died and the other let the claim go to sleep; eventually it was struck out for want of prosecution.

Areas of work

Defamation
Media Law

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