Sir Elton John v Guardian News & Media Limited – Queensbench Division – defamation

December 14, 2008

Sir Elton John is not famous for his sense of humour. There is a steady stream of you tube videos evidencing that. Little wonder that he commenced proceedings against the Guardian Newspaper. His claim has hit an early bump in the litigation road. Guardian had significant success in striking out Sir Elton’s claim. Guardian pleaded fair comment. It is a useful decision dealing with an application to strike out imputations.

The article

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