Bahram Noorani v Richard Culver

The Deputy Chairman of the Wirral West Conservative Association sued the Chairman over, inter alia, slander. It was held that “no wonder you have depression, married to an Islamist terrorist” could not be vulgar abuse, but that, since publication was only to the claimant’s wife and daughter, the slander action was struck out as an abuse of process.

This case was decided by the Queen’s Bench on 17 March 2009 and is available here.

Rosalind McInnes

Art. 10 Freedom of Expression, Civil Procedure, Media Law

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