Howe & Co v Burden, Court of Appeal - Queen's Bench Division, February 11, 2004, [2004] EWHC 196 (QB)

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Howe & Co v Burden, Court of Appeal - Queen's Bench Division, February 11, 2004, [2004] EWHC 196 (QB)

Case No: HQ02X03654

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

Neutral Citation number:[2004] EWHC 196 (QB)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 11 February 2004

Before :

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE EADY

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Between :

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Mr Ian Ridd (instructed by Howe and Co) for the Claimants

Mr David Price (of David Price & Co.) for the Defendant

Hearing date: 28 January 2004

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Judgment

Mr Justice Eady:

1. On 28 January 2004 I heard an application to strike out this slander action on a number of grounds. The hearing took the whole of the court day and it was thus not possible to give an ex tempore judgment. I now set out my conclusions in the light of the helpful...

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