Cases

Charman v Orion Publishing Group & others (No.3) (CA)

Issue

(1) Whether the Judge was correct to rule that the book was not published on an occasion of qualified privilege at common law as re-formulated by the House of Lords in Reynolds v Times Newspapers;

(2) Whether the Judge was correct to rule that relevant passages of the book was not published on an occasion of qualified privilege pursuant to section 15(1) and Part 1(2) of Schedule 1 to the Defamation Act 1996 being a fair and accurate report of legal proceedings.

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