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No ‘Jameel’ grounds strike out in slander case (Otuo v Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain—Otuo v Morley and another)

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Published on: 03 April 2019
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Table of contents

  • Practical implications
  • Background
  • Claim One
  • Claim Two
  • What did the court decide?
  • Meaning
  • Jameel grounds
  • Case details

Article summary

TMT analysis: The High Court has dismissed an application to strike out defamation claims as an abuse of process in the latest judgment in this long-running litigation. The court did not agree that the costs required to resolve the outstanding issues were disproportionate to the possible benefits for the claimant.

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