Cases

Club La Costa (UK) PLC v (1) Toby Gebhard (2) Inventory Solutions (UK) Limited

Held

The offer relied on did not comply with section 2, and so was not a valid offer to make amends, since it was at best equivocal in that it had been made in respect of “a company” within the Claimant’s group of companies, rather than in respect of the Claimant itself. To be effective, an offer to make amends had to be made in respect of a defamatory statement which the offeror accepted had referred to the Claimant, so that with reference to the language of section 2 the offeror was taken to admit the Claimant’s grievance. In this light, there was no need to decide the other issues concerning the interaction between the defences.

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