Cases

Gillick v Brook Advisory Centres & Another

Facts

The Claimant, Victoria Gillick, complained that she had been defamed in a factsheet published by the Defendants which included the words "the legal case taken by Victoria Gillick in the early 1980s confused young people over their rights to confidential advice and deterred many from seeking contraceptive help ... although the case concluded in 1985 in favour of young people's rights, fear and uncertainty lingered on among teenagers and professionals working with them". She contended that the meaning borne by those words was that she "was morally responsible for a 23 per cent increase in pregnancies among 15 to 19 year-olds during the 1980s". Eady J had ruled that the factsheet was incapable of suggesting that she was "morally responsible" and dismissed her action. The Claimant appealed.

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