“…The judge 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…”
“… is a political opponent 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…”
“…e “whether the behaviour 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 …”