The High Court of Justice Queen's Bench Division, Media and Communications List - 15.02.2019
Case- Case number
- HQ18M00594
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Case Description
In this case, the High Court considered a libel claim brought against an organisation campaigning against antisemitism. The dispute concerned five articles published on the organisation’s website in which an individual was repeatedly described as a “notorious antisemite.” In a judgment on preliminary issues, the Court held that this description amounted to an expression of opinion rather than a statement of fact in all of the articles; only the allegation of past criminal convictions in the first article constituted a statement of fact. Although the meanings identified were capable of being defamatory, the core allegation of antisemitism was predominantly characterised as a value judgment or opinion rather than an assertion of verifiable fact; Defamation Act 2013 (in particular section 1,Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (freedom of expression)
- Name of Court
- The High Court of Justice Queen's Bench Division, Media and Communications List
- Date of decision
- Feb 15, 2019
- Subjects
- Freedom of Speech
- Type of Court
- Court of first instance
- Area of Law
- Civil Law
- Year
- 2019
- Generated ID
- STW2497-8833
- Geolocation
Latitude: 51.46108055761625
Longitude: -0.10986328125000001
- Geolocation
- Source
- https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/qb/2019/281?query=Tony+Greenstein