“…er is legally irrelevant” to the question arising under section 1, as it is when assessing harm to reputation at common law (Dingle v Associated Newspapers Ltd [1964] AC 371 (“Dingle”)). The judge also rejected a contention that investigations by the Electoral Commission and others, and media reporting, had given the claimant a gen…”
“…e of publications to the same effect as the publication complained about, is inadmissible evidence in mitigation of damages, see Dingle v Associated Newspapers [1964] AC 371, and Lachaux v Independent Print [2019] UKSC 27; [2020] AC 612 at paragraph 24. In Dingle v Associated Newspapers the Town Clerk of Manchester had been (wrongl…”
“…Dingle [1964] AC 371 does not prevent these difficulties. That decision was not a decision on causation. The decision in Dingle prevents a defendant from relying in mitigation of d…”