Cases

Musa King v Telegraph Group Ltd (QBD)

Facts

The Claimant brought proceedings for defamation in respect of two articles published by the defendant which alleged that he was under investigation by the police for a terrorist offence. The Claimant was funding the litigation by way of a CFA and did not have ATE insurance. The defendant applied to strike out the claim as an abuse of process, and/or for summary judgment on the grounds that the claimant had no realistic prospect of defeating the justfication and qualified privilege defences; or alternatively for a conditional order staying proceedings until a payment by way of security for costs had been made. The claimant sought to strike out those parts of the defence which sought to justify a meaning that the police suspected the claimant of an offence, as distinct from there being reasonable grounds for that suspicion, and claimed that any order for security for costs would amount to a denial of access to court.

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