Jameel v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl

Jameel v Wall Street Journal Europe
Jameel v Wall Street Journal Europe
Court	House of Lords
Decided	11 October 2006
Citations	[2007] 1 AC 359; [2006] 4 All ER 1279; [2006] UKHL 44; [2006] HRLR 41; [2007] Bus LR 291; [2006] 3 WLR 642; [2007] EMLR 2; [2007] EMLR 14; 21 BHRC 471;
Case history
Prior action	[2005] EWCA Civ 74
Court membership
Judges sitting	Lord Bingham of Cornhill; Lord Hoffmann; Lord Hope of Craighead; Lord Scott of Foscote; Baroness Hale of Richmond;

Jameel & Ors v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl^[1] was a House of Lords judgment on English defamation law. The issue was whether the defamatory article was protected by Reynolds privilege. The judgment was an affirmation of Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd and effectively upholds a public interest defence in libel cases.

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