“…es more than one alleged fact, sometimes a range. The basis for an opinion may be indicated implicitly and very broadly. A well-known example is Kemsley v Foot [1952] AC 345, where the words complained of were “Lower than Kemsley”and the name of the claimant, an active newspaper proprietor, was considered a sufficient allusion to t…”
“…In Kemsley v Foot both the House of Lords ([1952] AC 345), and the Court of Appeal ([1951 2 KB 34) emphasised the breadth and importance of the defence. In the Court of Appeal for example, Birkett LJ at pp. 46-7 expl…”