“…The significance of ambiguity for a public interest defence in libel has been considered in two cases to which it is helpful to refer: Bonnick v Morris [2002] UKPC 31, [2003] 1 AC 300 and Banks v Cadwalladr [2022] EWHC 1417 (QB). In Bonnick, the court was dealing with the common law Reynolds defence. In both cases, the conte…”
“… parties proceeded on the footing that the common law principles identified in Reynolds as interpreted or applied in subsequent cases, such as Bonnick v Morris [2002] UKPC 31[2003], 1 AC 300, Jameel (Mohammed) and anor v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl [2006] UKHL 44, [2007] 1 AC 359 and Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd [2012] UKSC 11, …”