Cases

Kiam v MGN Ltd

Held

Dismissing the appeal (Sedley LJ dissenting), the Court could only interfere with a jury's award if it was excessive. The question the Court needed to ask was whether a reasonable jury could have thought the award was necessary to compensate the C and to re-establish his reputation. The judge's bracket was not sacrosanct but it was not irrelevant either. In the present case the bracket was entirely reasonable but the jury's award, although higher, could not be condemned as unreasonable since it was not out of all proportion to what could sensibly have been thought appropriate.

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