| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2004] All ER (D) 78 (May) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division |
| Judge: | Eady J |
| Representation | Stephen Suttle QC (instructed by Peter Carter Ruck & Partners) for the claimants. |
| Victoria Sharp QC and Jane Phillips (instructed by Foot Anstey Sargent, Plymouth) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 7 May 2004 |
Catchwords
Practice and procedure - Queen's Bench Division - Trial by judge and jury - Libel - Application for trial by judge alone - Appropriateness of trial by judge and jury - s 69.
The Case
At the trial of the instant libel case, concerning an article published by the defendant about the lack of care given to a resident at the claimants' nursing home, it was unlikely that the jury would need to undertake a prolonged examination of the documents or the investigation of complex scientific issues, and it was therefore not appropriate to order trial by judge alone.
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