“…Further, the origin of the term “no consequence” seems to be my judgment in Ames v Spamhaus Project Ltd [2015] EWHC 127 (QB), [2015] 1 WLR 3409, a case cited by the judge in her summary of the relevant legal principles. In Ames, the concept of people whose opinion was “of no conseque…”
“…dly there are obvious difficulties in getting witnesses to say that they read the words and thought badly of the claimant, compare Ames v The Spamhouse Project [2015] EWHC 127 (QB) at paragraph 55. This is because the claimant will have an understandable desire not to spread the contents of the article complained of by asking persons if t…”