King's / Queen's Bench Division of the High Court
KB-2022-003483 - [2025] EWHC 1912 (KB)
Fecha: 25-Jul-2025
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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 1912 (KB)
Case No: KB-2022-003483
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING'S BENCH DIVISION
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIST
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 25 July 2025
Before :
THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE HEATHER WILLIAMS DBE
Between :
1) MOHAMMED YASIN CHAUDHRY 2) AMAR YASIN | Claimants |
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ABRAR QURESHI | Defendant |
Russell Wilcox (instructed by Stone White Solicitors) for the Claimants
David Kelly (appearing on a direct access basis) for the Defendant
Hearing dates: 7 - 9 July 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10:30am on 25 July 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
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MRS JUSTICE HEATHER WILLIAMS
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- Introduction
- The evidence before the Court
- The uncontentious facts
- The Defendant
- The 28 October 2021 press conference
- The videos
- The words complained of
- The Short Video
- The legal framework
- Serious harm
- Publication on a matter of public interest
- Damages
- Injunctive relief
- Publishing a summary of the judgment
- Defamatory meaning
- The Claimants’ case
- Analysis and conclusions
- Fact or opinion and defamatory at common law
- Serious harm
- Analysis and conclusions
- Publication on a matter of public interest
- The submissions
- Analysis and conclusions
- Remedies
- Injunctive relief
- Summary of the judgment
- Conclusions