Cases

Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.2)

Facts

The Claimant, a Detective Chief Inspector, sued the Defendant in respect of articles published in the Daily Mail and Evening Standard on 11 September 2001. These reported on an internal police investigation into the allegations of sexual assault made by Nadine Milroy Sloan against Neil and Christine Hamilton. It was said that the report found the Hamiltons should never have been arrested, and the investigation was a fiasco. It was said that the Claimant led that investigation. The article also mentioned an earlier investigation into the alleged rape of a 17 year old woman known as Miss B, stating that this had been thrown out by a judge on the basis that the investigation was "grossly incompetent", and that the Claimant was facing disciplinary charges over it. The Defendant's amended defence raised a plea of justification (a defence of Reynolds qualified privilege having been struck out). It applied to extend the justification plea by re-amendment.

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