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McGee v Lewis
Libel – Harassment – Privacy – Judgment in Default – Injunctive relief
Muhammad v Daily The News International
Jurisdiction - s.10 Defamation Act 2013 - service - CPR Part 6 - author, editor & publisher
Millicom Services UK Limited & Ors v Michael Clifford
Reporting Restrictions – Open Justice – Article 8 – Article 10 – Confidentiality
Mahmudov & Mahmudova v Goni Sanzberro & ors
Libel – Jurisdiction – Brussels Recast Regulation – Centre of Interests
Morgan v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation – strike out – amendment – summary judgment – pleading – honest opinion – section 3 Defamation Act 2013
Ministry of Justice v Ellis
Suspended order for committal and general civil restraint order upheld
Mionis v Democratic Press SA and others
Appeal - Defamation - Article 10 of the European Convention - Section 12, Human Rights Act 1998 - Settlement - Whether Judge below was correct to have refused application to lift a stay in the proceedings imposed by a Tomlin Order
Ministry of Defence v Information Commissioner & Evans
FOIA appeal concerning disclosure of a directory published by the Defence Export Services Organisation (‘DESO’)
Malaga-Cano v Barclay & ors
Slander - Libel - Meaning - Serious Harm - Thornton threshold - Jameel abuse - collateral purpose abuse - common interest privilege - truth - honest opinion - slander per se - "office" or "calling" - Defamation Act 1952 - Defamation Act 2013
Markham and Anor v R
Reporting restrictions - children - s45 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 - excepting direction - Article 8 - Article 10
Mohamed Ali Harrath v (1) Stand for Peace Limited & (2) Samuel Westrop
Libel - Defamation - Damages
Mohamed Ali Harrath v (1) Stand for Peace Ltd (2) Samuel Westrop
Libel - Defamation Act 2013 - serious harm - mitigation of damage - pleading
Monarch Airlines Ltd v Yaqub
Harassment - Injunction - Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Mir Shakil-Ur-Rahman v ARY Network Limited & Fayaz Ghafoor
Defamation – Trial of preliminary issues – Meaning – Fact or opinion - Chase levels - TV broadcasts – Foreign language (Urdu)
Mosley v Google Inc
Data protection - injunction - blocking of images - strike-out -realistic prospect of success - E-Commerce Directive - Data Protection Directive - general monitoring obligation
Mionis v Democratic Press SA
Defamation - Libel - Foreign Parties - Settlement of Action by way of Tomlin Order - Whether contractual undertakings restricting freedom of expression had been breached - Whether contractual undertakings restricting freedom of expression should be coverted into an injunction - Whether an inquiry as to damages should be ordered - Applications for Derogations from Open Justice - Hearing in Private- Restrictions on Access to Papers
Mahmood v BBC
Privacy - Interim Injunction - Articles 2, 3, 8 and 10 of the European Convention - Permission to Appeal - Whether Permission to Appeal should be given to appeal judgment below - Whether there was a risk to the applicant's life from showing his appearance on a television programme
McIntosh -v- (1) Information Commissioner (2) BBC
Data Protection - Freedom of Information
Merlin Entertainments LPC and others v Peter Cave
Harassment – interim injunction – freedom of expression – Human Rights Act – Bonnard v Perryman
Mughal v Telegraph Media Group Ltd
Defamation - meaning - political speech - ruling on meaning
Meadows Care v Lambert
Defamation - Slander -Meaning - Comment - Permission to re-amend
Murray v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Libel - Statement in open court - Unilateral statement - CPR PD 53 para 6.1
McEvoy v Michael
Defamation- preliminary ruling- meaning- comment- publisher- political criticism- picture
Makudi v Baron Triesman of Tottenham
defamation - parliamentary privilege - absolute privilege - Article 9 Bill of Rights 1689 - FA
Miranda v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Terrorism Act 2000 Schedule 7 - journalistic material
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Defamation - Justification - Chase Level 2 - Conduct Rule
Marine A v Guardian News and Media
Reporting restrictions - identification - open justice - courts martial - Article 8 - Article 10
Mitchell MP v News Group Newspapers Ltd (CA)
Cost Budgeting - Rules, practice directions and Court Orders - Relief from sanctions - CPR 51D - CPR 3.14 - CPR 3.9
Ministry of Justice v Information Commissioner
Freedom of Information - Information relating to infraction proceedings - grounds of exemption - public interest
McCann v Bennett
Contempt - committal - undertakings - penalty
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - libel - justification - cronyism - willing beneficiary - Chase level 2 meaning - reasonable grounds to suspect - what has to be proved - whether proof made out - abuse of process - disproportionate cost - damages
Mengi v Hermitage (No 2)
Libel - internet blog - justification - reply to attack qualified privilege
Michael Wilson & Partners v Sinclair
Arbitration - share ownership - C claims against E in arbitration over shares - award - C's claim dismissed - shares held by tribunal to be beneficially owned by S - C appeals the award - appeal dismissed - C sues S and others in Commercial Court - application by E to strike out or for summary judgment - re-litigation - abuse of process - claim struck out
McClaren v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Privacy - misuse of private information - interim injunction - public figure - public interest - kiss and tell
Montford v Information Commissioner and BBC
Freedom of Information
Mengi v Hermitage (security for costs appeal)
Defamation - Libel - Security for costs - Costs Budgeting – Conditional Fee Agreement
MXB v East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
Open justice - reporting - clinical negligence - child - settlement - approval - Children and Young Persons Act 1933 - section 39 - reporting online - anonymity - CPR 39.2(4) - CPR 5.4C - orders for anonymity and reporting restrictions made - orders prohibiting third party access to court file made
Majeed & Westfield v R
Sport - cricket - betting - spot fixing - criminal proceedings - conspiracy - corruption - bribery - cheating at gambling - conduct contrary to 'affairs' of employer - rulings by trial judge - pleas of guilty - appeals against conviction - appeals dismissed
Mark Lewis v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
Libel - Mode of Trial - judge or jury - public authority - phone hacking
Morrison v Buckinghamshire County Council
Libel – public authority defendant – qualified privilege for public authority – amendment – malice – summary judgment
McKeown v Attheraces Ltd (No 2)
Libel - jockey - broadcast interview - allegations of deliberate non-trying - permission to amend defence - adding Reynolds defence - other defences - reporting privilege - comment - justification - mode of trial - preliminary issue - C was a senior jockey who sued D for libel over a broadcast interview which he argued meant that he was a corrut jockey who had repeatedly, for corrupt reasons, stopped horses from winning. The defences were privilege, honest comment and justificaiton. The court held that the trial of the issues raised should be by Judge alone, but that all the issues should be tried together.
Miller v Associated Newspapers Limited (No 2)
Defamation - Libel - Trial of Preliminary Issue on Meaning - Whether words complained of are defamatory - The actual meaning of the words complained of
Modi & IMG v Clarke
Appeal - Permission to Appeal - Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Whether the Judge was correct to rule that the words complained of were incapable of bearing any meaning defamatory of either Claimant
Modi v Clarke; IMG v Clarke
Defamation - Libel - Costs - Defamation Proceedings Costs Management Scheme - Practice Direction 51D - Whether it is necessary or appropriate under the Scheme to refer a Master or Judge to settlement offers
Morgan v A Local Authority (Re X, Y and Z)
Family Proceedings – Publicity – Identification of experts – Disclosure of expert reports to media
Mosley v UK
Article 8, ECHR - Right to respect for private life - Victim status - Domestic remedies - Positive obligations - Availability of injunctive relief - Margin of appreciation - No violation
McKeown v Attheraces Ltd
Libel - jockey - disciplinary proceedings - findings of non-trying - appeal - unsuccessful judicial review - broadcast interview with jockey - defence of qualified privilege - defence of honest comment - applications by defendant - summary judgment - striking out - abuse of process - no real and substantial tort - re-litigation abuse - application dismissed
MGN Ltd v UK
Human Rights - Breach of Confidence - Invasion of Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - Article 8 - Article 10 -European Convention on Human Rights - whether the award of damages for breach of confidence due to the publication of details concerning Ms Naomi Campbell's treatment for drug addiction, together with the impugned photographs, constituted a disproportionate interference with MGN's right to freedom expression under article 10
Human Rights- - Breach of Confidence - Invasion of Privacy - Misuse of Private Information - - Article 8 - Article 10 -European Convention on Human Rights - Costs - Conditional Fee Agreement - Success Fees - whether the award of costs, including success fees, constituted a disproportionate interference with MGN's right to freedom of expression under article 10
McLaughlin v London Borough of Lambeth
Defamation – Human Rights Act 1998 – Arts 8 and 10 ECHR - Striking out – Rule in Derbyshire v Times Newspapers – collateral purpose – Jameel abuse of process
Metropolitan International Schools Ltd v Designtechnica Corporation
Defamation - publication on the internet - damages
Mariapori v Finland
Defamation - Freedom of expression - Article 10, ECHR
Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Limited (No 3)
Defamation - Application for specific disclosure and/or further information to support allegation of judicial bias
Miller v Associated Newspapers Limited
Defamation - Libel - Defamatory meaning - CPR 53 PD 4.1 - Whether words complained of are capable of bearing the meanings pleaded in the Particulars of Claim - Whether words complained of are capable of bearing any meaning defamatory of the Claimant
McKeown v British Horseracing Authority
Disciplinary proceedings - jurisdiction - evidence - expert evidence - bias - appeal - sports law
Mohamed, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)
Amendments - Confidentiality - Draft Judgments - Publication
Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
Media Law - Defamation - Libel - Disclosure - CPR 31.22 - Corrective witness statement to explain change of stance - CPR 18 - Appeal from decision of Master whether to Order the Claimant to produce the original of his United States Security Card
Martin v Channel Four Television Corporation & Others
Interim injunctions - Privacy - Contract - Human Rights Act 1998, s.12 - CPR 25.2(2)(b)
Marathon Mutual Ltd & Anor v Waters & Anor
Defamation - Libel - Slander - Malicious falsehood - Whether the tort of malicious falsehood requires reference to the claimant in the words complained of - Whether pleadings needed to be amended
McLaughlin & Ors v Newall
Defamation – Striking out - Defence of compromise
Metropolitan International Schools Ltd v (1) Designtechnica Corporation (2) Google UK Ltd & (3) Google Inc
Defamation - Internet - s.1 Defamation Act 1996 - E-commerce Regulations 2002 - Innocent dissemination at common law - Abuse of process - CPR r.11 - Service out of the jurisdiction
Monks v Warwick District Council
Defamation – Libel – Strike out - Meaning - Malice – Damages claim – General loss of custom and business – Amendments – Special damages - Exemplary damages - CPR r.3.1 – Summary judgment – Whether real prospect of success – CPR Part 24.2
Mardas v New York Times; Mardas v International Herald Tribune
Defamation - Libel - Abuse of process - Internet publication - Forum non conveniens - Prior publication of defamatory allegations
Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Extension of Time for Service of a Defence - Solicitors duty to make own investigation of facts independent of their client
Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 3)
Privacy - Reasonable expectation of privacy - Public interest -Footage of sexual activities - Public figure – Allegations of Nazi role-play
Medway Council v G and Others
Care proceedings – s.12, Administration of Justice Act 1960 – Publication of judgments - Identification of local authority - Articles 8 and 10, European Convention on Human Rights
Ministry of Defence v Griffin
Confidentiality – United Kingdom Special Forces – Contract - Confidentiality agreements – Unauthorised public disclosures – Failure to seek authority for disclosure in accordance with contract - Injunction
Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
Privacy - Reasonable expectation of privacy - Public interest -Footage of sexual activities - Public figure – Allegations of Nazi role-play - Exemplary damages
Mond & Ors v Mason & Ors
Libel - Malicious falsehood - Causing loss by unlawful means - Freezing order - Good arguable case - Real risk of removal or disposal of assets - Injunction restraining publication
Malik v Manchester Crown Court & Anor
Production Order - Terrorism Act 2000 - Judicial review - Journalistic material - Freedom of expression - Protection of sources - Articles 2, 3, 10, ECHR - Privilege against self-incrimination - Special advocates - Natural justice
Meltex Ltd & Movsesyan v Armenia
Freedom of expression – European Convention on Human Rights, Article 10 - Interference - Proscribed by law - Television broadcasting – Licensing - Reasons for decision - Arbitrary interference
McPhail & Doyle v Bourne & Anor
Music - Songs - Contracts - Settlement agreement - Undue influence - Misrepresentation - Partnership - Non-disclosure
Murray v Big Pictures (UK) Ltd (CA)
Misuse of private information - Data protection - Human
rights - Photographs - Reasonable expectation of privacy - Child
Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd (No 1)
Privacy - Injunction - Footage of sexual activities - Public interest - Public domain
Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd
Copyright - Broadcasts - Criminal offences - ss.6, 297(1) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 - EC Directive 93/83 - Dishonestly receiving programme included in broadcasting service provided from place in UK with intent to avoid payment of applicable charge - Place from which broadcasting service provided - Transmission by continuous chain of communications - Intent
Malik v Newspost Ltd & Ors
Defamation - Libel - Defences - Reynolds privilege- Public interest - Responsible journalism - Letter to editor - Whether letter writer could rely on Reynolds privilege
Murray v Express Newspapers plc & Another
Privacy - Confidentiality - Data Protection - Human Rights - Photographs - Paparazzi - Reasonable Expectation of Privacy -Public Place - Child
McBride v Body Shop International plc
Libel - Summary judgment - Abuse of process - Use of documents obtained in the course of disclosure
Mersey Care NHS Trust v Ackroyd (No.2) (CA)
Confidential information - Freedom of Expression - Journalistic sources - Medical records - Privacy - Protection of sources
Moore v Scottish Daily Record
Scotland - Defamation - Offer of amends - rejection - late acceptance - statutory construction - costs
McKennitt v Ash (CA)
Privacy - Breach of confidence - Article 8 - Article 10 - Shared confidence - Public domain - Public interest - False private information.
McKenna v MGN Ltd
Libel - Meaning - Justification - Substantial truth - Allegation of fraudulently boasting of bogus PhD obtained merely for money - Damages - Assessment of damages
Malik v Central Criminal Court & Another
Judicial review - Criminal justice - bail applications - open justice - Articles 5 & 6 ECHR - Criminal Procedure Rules - Jurisdiction of High Court to review bail ruling of Crown Court
Merelie v Newcastle Primary Health Care Trust & Others (No.3)
Libel - meaning - malice - justification -Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Breach of Contract - Personal Injury
Mahfouz and another v Brisard & another
Defamation - Libel - ss8-10 Defamation Act 1996 - Whether Claimants entitled to summary disposal - Whether Claimants entitled to all remedies sought under summary disposal procedure - Declaration of falsity rejected
Mullins v Macfarlane & The Jockey Club
Judicial review - horseracing - prohibited substance - morphine - disqualification from race - whether de facto threshold established requiring proof of concentration - domestic bodies answering no - claim for judicial review - scope of supervisory jurisdiction of High Court - legislative and administrative acts - retrospectivity
Mahmood v Galloway & McKay
Freedom of expression - Privacy - Articles 2, 8, and 10, European Convention on Human Rights - Interim injunction - Photographs - Internet
Mersey Care NHS Trust v Ackroyd (No.2)
Disclosure of journalist's sources - Public interest - Norwich Pharmacal jurisdiction - s.10 Contempt of Court Act 1991 - Article 10 - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 8
Moss v Channel Five Broadcasting Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - General/Specific Charge - Justification
McKennitt v Ash (QBD)
Confidential information - Privacy - Extent to which material in public domain - Public interest defence
Musa King v Telegraph Group Ltd (Costs)
Costs - Detailed assessment - Defamation - Proportionality - Conditional Fee Agreements - Success fees
Mahfouz and another v Brisard and another
Defamation - Libel - Publication - Preliminary Issue - Whether the First Defendant was responsible in law for the publication of a translation of a Book written by him for sale in the United States
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc v Grokster Ltd
USA - Copyright Infringement - Peer-to Peer Software - Liability for Third Parties' Infringement
McKeith v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Common sting - Justification - Reynolds privilege - Meaning - Justification - Striking out - Case management
Mahfouz & Ors v Ehrenfeld & Anor
Defamation - Libel - Judgment in default - Summary disposal - ss.8-10 Defamation Act 1996 - Remedies - Damages - Injunction - Declaration of falsity
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.4)
Defamation - Libel - Claim dismissed following trial of the action - Defence of justification upheld - Whether costs should follow the event - Whether costs should be assessed on standard or indemnity basis - Whether interest should be awarded - Whether Claimant should have permission to appeal
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.3)
Defamation - libel - justification – trial of the action - meaning- whether the plea of justification succeeded
Matadeen v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Costs capping - Conditional Fee Agreements
Milne v David Price Solicitors & Advocates
Costs - Defamation - Conditional Fee Agreements - Settlement on terms not amounting to 'win' - Termination - Entitlement of solicitor to basic charges
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
Defamation - libel - justification - permission to amend - whether words complained of were capable of Chase level 3 meaning - whether Defendant can rely on Claimant's non-disclosure of relevant documents and/or misrepresentation of their content - lies probative of guilt - admission by conduct
Mensah v Jones
Confidence - Data Protection Act 1998 - Access to Health Records Act 1990 - Disclosure of medical records - Course of legal proceedings - Obligation of disclosure - Legal advice
Merelie v Newcastle Primary Health Care Trust & Others
Defamation - Summary Judgment - Strike Out - Pleading Requirements in Slander cases - Republication - Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Malicious Falsehood - Human Rights Act 1998 - CPR Part 24 - CPR Part 3.4(2)
Mullins v Jockey Club
Sports - discipline - doping - disqualification - strict liability - construction of Rules of Racing - relevance of quantification of drug - Article 6 and Protocol 1 Article 1 ECHR - whether Rules unlawful
Mahfouz v Brisard & Others
Defamation - Libel - Judgment in default - Remedies - Summary disposal - ss. 8-10 Defamation Act 1996
Milne v Express Newspapers (CA)
Defamation - Libel- Offer of Amends - s.4(3) Defamation Act 1996 - "knew or had reason to believe"
Musa King v Telegraph Group Ltd (CA)
Defamation- Libel - Justification - Conditional fee agreements - Proportionality - Costs capping
Maccaba v Lichtenstein (No 2 – mode of trial)
Defamation - Slander - Mode of Trial - Judge and Jury- Prolonged Examination of Documents - s.69 Supreme Court Act 1981
Meade v Pugh & Another
Defamation – Libel – Qualified Privilege – Malice – CPR Part 3.4(2) – Strike out – Summary judgment – CPR Part 24
Miguel Torres SA v Cantine Mezzacorona SCARL
Trade Marks - EC Law - Origin marking - Wine Labelling - TRIPs - Council Regulation 2392/89
Miles v ITV Networks Ltd & Another
Intellectual Property - Copyright - Infringement - Inference of copying - Breach of Confidence - CPR Part 24 - Summary Judgment - Mini-trial
Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Reynolds qualified privilege - application to strike out defence of privilege- alternatively for summary judgment - whether the law as to qualified privilege was in a state of flux
Milne v Express Newspapers (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - offer of amends - rejection of offer of amends - the correct test under s4(3) Defamation Act 1996
Maris & Others v Walsh
Defamation - Libel - breach of confidence - threat to publish -interim injunction.
Musa King v Telegraph Group Ltd (QBD)
Defamation - libel - civil procedure - Conditional fee arrangements - Human Rights - Articles 6, 10 - justification - whether it was permissible to justify the meaning that the police suspected the claimant of involvement in terrorist offences
Miller Brewing Company v The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company
Trade Marks - Infringement - Detention of infringing goods by customs authorities - Application for statutory delivery up - Notice of Application served on all those having an interest in the goods - Whether applications under ss. 16 and 19 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 can be made in the same proceedings - Whether third party should be protected under cross undertaking in damages - Whether second defendant an importer
Mersey Care NHS Trust v Ackroyd (No.1) (CA)
Disclosure of journalistic source - Public interest defence - Freedom of expression - Article 10 ECHR- Section 10 Contempt of Court Act 1981 - Summary judgment
Milne v Express Newspapers (QBD)
Defamation - Offer of amends - s.4(3) Defamation Act 1996 - "knew or had reason to believe"
MacIntyre v Phillips
Defamation - Libel - qualified privilege - similar fact evidence - preliminary issue - rule of practice that qualified privilege be tried first
Mawdsley v Guardian Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Failure to mitigate - Summary disposal - s.8 Defamation Act 1996- damages
Mills v MGN Ltd
Defamation - Libel - ruling on meaning - striking out - CPR Part 3.4(2) - exemplary damages
McManus v Beckham
Defamation - Slander - liability for republication - foreseeability - special damage
Mark v Associated Newspapers Limited
Defamation - Libel - Meaning - Repetition rule - Bane and antidote - Whether repetition rule consistent with ECHR Article 10 jurisprudence - Interface between defences of justification and Reynolds privilege
McVicar v United Kingdom
Human rights - Defamation - Libel - Unavailability of legal aid - Exclusion of evidence - Burden of proof - Costs - Injunction - Effective access to a court - Article 6, ECHR - Freedom of expression - Article 10, ECHR
Modahl v British Athletic Federation Ltd (No 2)
Sport - doping - disciplinary tribunal - athlete banned - bias of tribunal - successful appeal - whether damages available for losses suffered meanwhile - contractual duties of governing body
Medway Council v BBC
Family - Reporting Restrictions - Injunction - Children
McPhilemy v Times Newspapers Ltd (No.4)
Defamation - Libel - Costs - Claimant's Offer to Settle - CPR Part 36.21 - Consequences of Claimant doing better than offer made - Indemnity Costs
McPhilemy v Times Newspapers Ltd (No.3)
Defamation - Libel - Jury Trial - Appeal against alleged perversity in jury verdict - Question left to the jury specifically on Appellants' insistence - Abuse of Process
Mills v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Injunction - Privacy - Confidence - Press Complaints Commission Code of Conduct - European Convention on Human Rights - Article 10 - Article 8 - s.12 Human Rights Act 1998
Milne v Telegraph Group Ltd
Defamation - libel - summary disposal - s.8 Defamation Act 1996
McPhilemy v Times Newspapers Ltd (No.2)
Defamation - Libel - Civil Evidence - Use of witness statements at trial - CPR Part 32.5
McPhilemy v Times Newspapers Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Amendment - Justification - Lucas Box Meanings - Proportionality - proper role of pleadings
Michael O’Mara Books Ltd & Others v Express Newspapers plc
Intellectual property - Copyright - damages - summary judgment - breach of confidence - journalists' sources - Contempt of Court Act 1981 s 10
Marks & Spencer plc v Granada Television Ltd
Defamation - Libel - Evidence - Hearsay - Civil Evidence Act 1968
Morgan v BBC
Intellectual propety - Copyright - infringement claim over a screenplay
Modahl v British Athletic Federation Ltd
Sport - doping - disciplinary tribunal - athlete banned - bias of tribunal - successful appeal - ban revoked - claim for damages for losses suffered meanwhile - - claim against regulatory body - application to strike out - whether contractual duties - what terms would be implied - test for court to apply - application partly successful
M v BBC
Broadcasting - Private proceedings - Jurisdiction - Injunction - s.12(1)(a) Administration of Justice Act 1960
McDonalds Corp v Steel and Morris
Defamation - Libel - Striking Out - Defence - Justification - Basis on which it was proper to advance plea of justification - defences of justification and fair comment form part of the framework by which free speech is protected
Malcolm v Oxford University Press
Contract - publishing - certainty - remedies