Economic Torts and Injured Feelings – Cambridge Law Journal

Posted March 27th, 2025 in appeals, damages, defamation, malicious falsehood, news, Supreme Court and tagged by sally

‘George v Cannell [2024 UKSC 19, [2024] 3 W.L.R. 153 is the first time in over a century that the UK’s highest court has substantively considered the economic tort of malicious falsehood. Sometimes known as injurious falsehood or slander of title, at common law this tort requires a falsehood, published maliciously which is calculated to produce, and does produce, “special damage” – namely, pecuniary loss.’

Full Story

Cambridge Law Journal, 7th January 2025

Source: www.cambridge.org