Cases

Clift v Slough Borough Council & Kelleher

Issue

(1) Whether the Defendants had a defence of qualified privilege at common law in respect of publications to the council employees and the partner organisations.

(2) Whether a public authority should only be entitle to rely on the defence of qualified privilege in respect of a defamatory publication if that publication was consistent with its public law duties (including under the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998).

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