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24.04.13

Prisoners' entitlement to damages in defamation claim should be reduced

Two serving prisoners have brought a libel action against the police for the contents of a press release which they allege have defamed them.   In RH and AA* v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2013] EWHC 848 (QB), the High Court was asked to consider the actual meaning of the words complained…

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