Cases

Lowe v Associated Newspapers Ltd

Issue

Whether the “single meaning” rule doctrine applied to the defence of fair comment. Whether a defendant could rely upon facts in support of a plea of fair comment if they are not “referred to or indicated” in the words complained of themselves, or whether the reader simply needs only to be able to recognise that a comment has been made, as opposed to an assertion of fact. Whether those facts have to be known to the commentator at the time of the article.

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