Cases

Rath v Guardian News & Media Limited & Anor

Facts

The Claimant sued on three articles published in the Guardian in January and February 2007 contending that they alleged that he was selling ridiculous vitamin pills to vulnerable AIDS victims in South Africa on the back of his false claim that they were better than antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in treating AIDS and HIV and was therefore substantially responsible for the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. The Defendant pleaded defences of justification and fair comment and also sought to rely on earlier articles which published similar allegations against the Claimant in mitigation of damages. The Claimant applied to strike out various parts of the Defence.

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