Akinleye v East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust
[2008] LS Law Med 216
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
and Before Richard PARKES QC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the Queen's Bench Division)
Defamation — Libel — Defences — Qualified privilege at common law — Scope of defence — Relevance of words used to the subject matter of the enquiry — Malice — Summary judgment — Unsupported assertions — CPR 24.2