United Kingdom truth defencestandard of proofbalance of probabilities

Depp v News Group Newspapers

[2020] EWHC 2911 (QB)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (Media and Communications List)

Year2020

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A defendant publisher establishes the statutory defence of truth under section 2 of the Defamation Act 2013 by proving, on the balance of probabilities, that the substance of the defamatory imputation conveyed by the words complained of is substantially true.

Area of Law

General

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