Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2009] All ER (D) 146 (May)
Neutral Citation: [2009] EWHC 398 (QB)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Eady J

Representation James Price QC (instructed by Carter-Ruck) for the claimant.
  Stephen Cogley (instructed by Blake Lapthorn) for the defendants.
Judgment Dates: 4 March 2009

Catchwords

Libel and slander - Particulars - Justification - Relevance of particulars to pleading - Claimant applying to strike out certain parts of defendants' defence - Whether certain parts of defendants' defence should be struck out.

The Case

Libel and slander Particulars. Queen's Bench Division: In a claim brought by the claimant for damages for libel against the defendants, respectively, the editor and publisher of the magazine 'Royalty Monthly', in respect of an article which appeared in that publication, the court struck out certain parts of the defendants' defence.

If you are a LexisLibrary subscriber you can read more about this case here.