Cases

Noorani v Calver (No 1)

Facts

C sued D over a letter published in June 2007 to fellow members of the Executive Council of the West Wirral Conservative Association and words alleged to have been spoken by D to C's wife and daughter in July 2007. D admitted publication of the letter and defended the libel claim on the basis of qualified privilege and justification. D denied speaking the words complained of ("Islamic terrorist") and further defended the slander claim on the grounds that the words complained of were mere vulgar abuse, were not actionable per se and that the claim was in any event an abuse of the process of the Court, on the principle set out in Jameel v Dow Jones.

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