Cases

Aitken v Preston and Others

Facts

At the pre-trial review of 3 consolidated libel actions brought by the former MP and Cabinet Minister, Jonathan Aitken, against the Guardian and Granada Television, the Plaintiff applied to vary the mode of trial from judge and jury to judge alone. The judge allowed the application, holding that there would be a prolonged examination of documents which could not conveniently be made with a jury, and that the Court should not exercise its discretion to order trial with a jury.

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