Iqbal v Geo TV Ltd — [2025] 2 WLR 663

Iqbal v Geo TV Ltd — [2025] 2 WLR 663

DEFAMATION — Privilege — Qualified — Claimant bringing libel claim concerning television broadcasts — Defendant asserting broadcasts fair and accurate reports of a “public meeting” published without malice — Judge refusing summary judgment — Privilege disapplied in respect of matter if it “not of public interest” and its “publication is not for the public benefit” — Correct approach to those two distinct conditions requiring separate considerati…