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King's / Queen's Bench Division of the High Court
KB-2025-000232 - [2025] EWHC 1784 (KB)
Fecha: 15-Jul-2025
Publication
Publication
A defendant may be liable not only if they have written the words in question, but if they participated in or secured their publication; all those who procure or participate in the publication are liable for it on a joint and several basis: Gatley on Libel and Slander, 13th edition (“Gatley”), paras 7-10 and 7-11.
- Heading
- Section 1
- The background
- The pleaded claim in libel
- The litigation
- The “Claimant’s case for Trial of Preliminary Issues” document
- The Defendant’s first two statements
- The unredacted England Athletics emails
- Further Orders and the Defendant’s 26 June 2025 witness statement
- The Defendant’s evidence
- The legal framework
- Publication
- Defamatory meaning
- Reference to the claimant
- The Claimant’s submissions
- The England Athletics emails
- The Defendant’s submissions
- The England Athletics emails
- Analysis and conclusions; the YouTube video
- Merits of the Claimant’s case
- Meaning of the words complained of
- The England Athletics emails
- Natural and ordinary meaning
- Conclusions