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United Kingdom defamationreynolds privilege

Flood v Times Newspaper Ltd

[2009] EWHC 411 (QB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court (Queen's Bench Division)
Year2009
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

On a preliminary issue, a newspaper could rely on Reynolds qualified privilege for the print publication of an article reporting a police corruption investigation of public interest, the publication being the product of responsible journalism judged by the Reynolds criteria.

Area of Law

General

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