Practice and Procedure

(1) CHRISTOPHER LILLIE (2) DAWN REED V (1) NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL (2) RICHARD BARKER (3) JUDITH JONES (4) JACQUI SARADJIAN (5) ROY WARDELL (2002)

PUBLISHED July 30, 2002
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[2002] EWHC 1600 (QB)

The report of a review team set up by a local authority to enquire into allegations of child abuse by nursery nurses was defamatory and its authors were liable. The local authority, however, successfully availed itself of the protection of statutory privilege.

QBD (Eady J)

30/07/2002

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