Cases

Jones v Pollard

Held

Reducing the award of general damages to £40,000: (1) No reasonable jury could have done otherwise than to accept that the defendants' plea of justification to the first meaning was made out in part. There was indisputable evidence of instances of pimping, in the form of tape recordings which the claimant admitted were of his conversations. (2) In addition, the Claimant had admitted that he had a bad reputation. (3) In the circumstances the award was more than was necessary to vindicate the Claimant's reputation and should be reduced.

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