Cases

Hamilton v Fayed

Comment

This was a somewhat surprising challenge to Mr Hamilton's libel claim against Mr Fayed. Section 13 of the Defamation Act 1996 had been enacted at least in part expressly to enable Mr Hamilton to proceed with his earlier defamation action against The Guardian. It was now being argued that the section was not effective to enable the court to entertain an action on identical issues against Mr Fayed. It is worth noting that the House of Lords gave Mr Fayed permission to appeal on the basis that he would bear the costs whatever the outcome.

Areas of work

Defamation

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