United Kingdom meaningserious harmrepetition rule

Miah v BBC

[2018] EWHC 1054 (QB)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

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

Year2018

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

In determining the meaning of a broadcast and accompanying online article, the court applies the established natural and ordinary meaning principles, and a defendant invoking truth in respect of a 'reasonable grounds to suspect' meaning is confined by the conduct rule to facts about the claimant's own conduct giving rise to the suspicion.

Area of Law

General

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