Jameel v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl

Jameel v Wall Street Journal Europe
Court	House of Lords
Decided	11 October 2006
Citation(s)	[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(s)	[2005] EWCA Civ 74
Court membership
Judge(s) sitting	Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Scott of Foscote and Baroness Hale of Richmond

Jameel v Wall Street Journal Europe was a House of Lords judgment on English defamation law. The judgment was an affirmation of Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd and effectively upholds a public interest defence in libel cases.

External links

• 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)