Cases

Loughton Contracts Plc v Dun & Bradstreet Ltd

Held

(1) & (2) C was not entitled to summary judgment. D's offer of amends was properly constituted and confined to C's pleaded case on general damage: Nail v News Group Newspapers and Abu v MGN followed. By attaching conditions to the acceptance C had not accepted the offer. (3) If the failure to accept the offer was held to be a rejection then s.4 Defamation Act 1996 would apply and D would have a complete defence. That would be unjust. The offer made by D in respect of general damage only was still open for acceptance. (4) D did not have to provide the further information sought since it was only relevant to special damages, which were not in issue.

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