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Emmens v Pottle

Emmens v Pottle (1885) 16 QBD 354 (CA)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtEnglish Court of Appeal
Year1885
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A mere subordinate distributor of defamatory matter (such as a newsvendor) is not liable in defamation if it did not know and had no reason to suppose the material contained a libel and its ignorance was not due to negligence.

Area of Law

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