Jameel v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl

Jameel v Wall Street Journal Europe
Court	House of Lords
Decided	11 October 2006
Citations	[2007] 1 AC 359 [2006] 4 All ER 1279 [2006] UKHL 44 [2006] HRLR 41 [2007] Bus LR 291 [2006] 3 WLR 642 [2007] EMLR 2 [2007] EMLR 14 21 BHRC 471
Case history
Prior action	[2005] EWCA Civ 74
Court membership
Judges sitting	Lord Bingham of Cornhill Lord Hoffmann Lord Hope of Craighead Lord Scott of Foscote Baroness Hale of Richmond

Jameel & Ors v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl^[1] was a House of Lords judgment on English defamation law. The issue was whether the defamatory article was protected by Reynolds privilege. The judgment was an affirmation of Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd and effectively upholds a public interest defence in libel cases.

• Jameel and others v. Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl [2006] UKHL 44
• Jameel & Anor v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl (No.2) [2005] EWCA Civ 74 (3 February 2005)