Cases

Reuben & Others v Time Inc & Another (No.2)

Facts

The first Defendant (Time) published an article in the June 2000 edition of Fortune magazine which was defamatory of the Claimants in the first action, brothers who ran an international metal trading business. A second action was brought over the same article by a company that was part of the first Claimants' group. A significant number of copies of the article had been distributed in England and Wales, and publication on the Internet was also pleaded. Claim forms were issued on 14 June 2001 and the Claimants purported to serve them on Time's London office on 4 October 2001. In case that service was invalid, on 5 October 2001 the Claimants obtained an ex-parte order for service outside of the jurisidiction for the first action but not the second.

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