“…These points, and a fuller account of the principles governing the determination of meaning, are all to be found in Koutsogiannis v The Random House Group Ltd [2019] EWHC 48 (QB),[2020] 4 WLR 25 [12] (Nicklin J), Stocker v Stocker [2019] UKSC 17,[2020] AC 393 and Millett v Corbyn [2021] EWCA Civ 567, [2021] EMLR 19 [8]-[9]. The words I …”
“…famatory of the claimant. Nicklin J applied the well-established and uncontroversial principles he had summarised in Koutsogiannis v The Random House Group Ltd [2019] EWHC 48 (QB), [2020] 4 WLR 25 [11]-[16]. An important aspect of these for present purposes is the “single meaning rule” explained in Koutsogiannis [11]:-…”
“…asonable reader or viewer. For that purpose, the Court applies long-established principles conveniently distilled in Koutsogiannis v The Random House Group Ltd [2019] EWHC 48 (QB) [2020] 4 WLR 25 [12] (Nicklin J). The practice is to read or watch the offending publication to capture an initial reaction, before reading or hearing argument…”