Tort (158)
HELD:
"To succeed in an action for slander where the words complained of were not uttered in English;
HELD:
"...Appellate Courts have explained what a claimant in detinue needs to establish in order to succeed in a claim in detinue.
HELD:
"Detinue is a tort and is defined as:
HELD:
"...The Appellant challenges the award of special damages by the trial Court.
HELD:
HELD:
"In deciding whether words are capable of conveying defamatory meaning, the court will reject those meanings which can only emerge as the product of some strained or forced or utterly unreasonable interpretation [per Lord Morris in Jones v. Skelton (1963) 1 WLR at p.1370].
HELD:
"It is settled law that the question whether the words set out in any publication and of which a plaintiff in a libel suit complains are, in fact defamatory of the plaintiff, is for the jury, but before the question is submitted to the jury the trial judge has the duty of ruling that upon the evidence before him the words complained of are