Cases

Best v Charter Medical of England Ltd

Facts

The Claimant brought slander proceedings claiming that on nine occasions he had been the subject of defamatory remarks by the Defendant. The Claimant could not set out precisely what had been said, as he had not been present, but he could plead the gist of what had been said from what he had learned subsequently. The Defendant applied to strike out the claim on the ground that without specifying the precise words used, the Claimant's claim did not disclose a proper cause of action. The Claimant contended that it was sufficient to plead the nature of the defamatory remarks and to proceed to seek further information about the precise words from the Defendant.

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