“…dge began by reminding himself of the general approach to the assessment of damages in defamation, citing the summary in Monroe v Hopkins [2017] EWHC 433 (QB), [2017] 4 WLR 68 [75]-[78]. The judge then referred to other authority supporting three well-established propositions: (1) “a person should only be compensated for injury to th…”
“…nt of the claimant that they will think no worse of the claimant if told that he or she has covered up sexual abuse”. In Monroe v Hopkins [2017] EWHC 433 (QB), [2017] 4 WLR 68 at [71(8)] I accepted the submission that “If someone is hated for their sexuality or their left-wing views, that does not mean they cannot be libelled by bein…”
“…ur or views that the offending statement attributes to a claimant are contrary to common, shared values of our society”: Monroe v Hopkins [2017] EWHC 433 (QB), [2017] 4 WLR 68 [51]. The second requirement is known as the “threshold of seriousness”. To be defamatory, the imputation must be one that would tend to have a “substantially …”