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Trimingham v Associated Newspapers Ltd

[2012] EWHC 1296 (QB)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division)
Year2012
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Newspaper publication will not constitute harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 unless the conduct crosses the boundary from the unattractive or unreasonable into conduct that is oppressive and unacceptable; the test is objective and a claim cannot be founded merely on offence taken at true but defamatory or unflattering references.

Area of Law

General

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