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Privilege: Nearly free speech
Alice Anderson and Sarah Harris look at lessons to be learned from Mayer v Hoar Malice can be established where the defendant had an improper motive and knew that the statement was false or was recklessly indifferent as to whether the statement was true or not. As any seasoned defamation lawyer will know, two of …
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- Adam v Ward [1917] AC 309
- David Mayer v Francis Hoar [2012] EWHC 1805 (QB)
- Hasselblad (GB) Ltd v Orbison [1985] QB 475
- Jameel & ors v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl [2006] UKHL 44
- Lincoln v Daniels [1961] All ER 740
- Mahon & anor v Rahn & ors [2000] EWCA Civ 185
- Reynolds v Times Newspapers [1999] UKHL 45
- Toogood v Spyring (1834) 1 CM & R 181
- Trapp v Mackie [1979] 1 WLR 377