A TRIAL BUT NOT BY JURY: DEFENDANT’ APPLICATION FOR DEFAMATION TO BE DETERMINED BY JURY REFUSED

In Blake & Ors v Fox (Re Trial by Jury) [2022] EWHC 1124 (QB) Mr Justice Nicklin refused the defendant's application for a jury trial of a defamation action.

"... since the removal of the statutory presumption in s.69(1), jury trials in defamation claims are now as likely to be tried by a jury ...

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