Cases

Mahfouz and another v Brisard and another

Facts

The Claimants alleged that they had been defamed in a book written by the Defendants which alleged that they had supported terrorism. The First Defendant's only defence was to deny responsibility in law for publication to a reader in England and Wales since, although he entered into a contract in October 2002 authorising his French publisher to put into circulation the French edition and any translation anywhere in the world, there was a second contract in March 2003 between the French publisher and a US publisher excluding publication in the UK. The Claimants applied for determination of this preliminary issue of law or to identify the facts to be determined by a jury.

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