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Byrne v Deane

[1937] 1 KB 818; [1937] 2 All ER 204 (CA)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal
Year1937
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A party who knowingly permits a defamatory statement to remain on premises within its control may be liable as a publisher; but words are only defamatory if they would lower the claimant in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally.

Area of Law

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