Cases

Baldwin v Rusbridger

Held

(1) The defendant had not prospect of establishing a Reynolds type qualified privilege because it was not under a duty to publish the article it had. A defendant who wished to repeat a libel must be prepared to defend it afresh and risk a further, no doubt higher, award of damages. Neither did the case did not fall the parameters of the reply to attack privilege. (2) Permission to amend refused.

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