“…ypothetical reasonable reader or viewer. The qualities of this person are well-established. They were set out by Lord Kerr in Stocker v Stocker [2019] UKSC 17; [2020] AC 593 at paragraphs 35 to 38 and by Nicklin J in Koutsogiannis v Random House Group Limited [2019] EHWC 48 (QB); [2020] 4 WLR 25 at paragraphs 11 and 12. It is also …”
“…slow to interfere with a judicial determination of the single meaning conveyed by words that are complained of as defamatory: Stocker v Stocker [2019] UKSC 17, [2020] AC 593 [58]-[59]. I would take the same approach to findings of fact about the range of meanings that could reasonably be drawn from a published statement, made by an…”