“…he course of his review the judge referred to a number of authorities including Knupffer v London Express [1944] AC 116 (“Knupffer”); Morgan v Odhams Press Ltd [1971] 1 WLR 1239 (“Morgan v Odhams Press”) and an Australian case Palace Films Party Limited v Fairfax Media Publications Limited [2012] NSWSC 1136 (“Palace Films”). In paragra…”
“…e pointed out, it is the law that the words can defame someone even if he or she is not the direct focus of what is said: see for example Morgan v Odhams Press [1971] 1 WLR 1239at 1243 and Cassidy v Daily Mirror [1929] 2KB 331 at 338-9. The judge decided this was the position here: each of the publications complained of implied somethi…”