Cases

Seray-Wurie v Charity Commission of England and Wales

Held

Granting the Defendant summary judgment on the defamation claim and striking out the remainder of the claim:

(1) Publication was on an occasion of qualified privilege on traditional duty/interest grounds. There was no need to consider whether Reynolds privilege also applied (for which summary judgment would be less likely to be appropriate) but dicta of the Privy Council in Seaga v Harper should not be read as implying that publications to the world at large can only be covered by Reynolds privilege.

(2) The Claimant alleged a general conspiracy against him but there were no particulars from which a jury could conclude that the Defendant was actuated by malice.

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