“…c analysis of Neill LJ in Berkoff v Burchill [1996] 4 All ER 1008, 1011-1013, reviewed by Tugendhat J in Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2010] EWHC (QB), [2011] 1 WLR 1985 [29].…”
“…ould tend to have a “substantially adverse effect” on the way that people would treat the claimant: Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2010] EWHC 1414 (QB), [2011] 1 WLR 1985 [98] (Tugendhat J).…”
“…judge set out the law in relation to (1) the single meaning rule for the purposes of a claim in libel; (2) by reference to Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2011] 1 WLR 1985, the test for whether an imputation is defamatory; (3) the difference, for the purposes of a libel claim, between fact and opinion and (4) the requirement of s…”