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Alexander v Arts Council for Wales and another | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether the judge had been entitled to give judgment for the defendants in a defamation trial without leaving the issue of malice to the jury | 
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| Court:  | 
Court of Appeal | 
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| Reference:    | 
A2/00/2885 | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2001] EWCA Civ 514 | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Lord Woolf CJ, May and Jonathan Parker LJJ | 
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| Date:  | 
9 April 2001 |