First jury libel trial for 3 years
In the first libel jury trial for nearly 3 years, graduate student and university tutor Luke Cooper won damages of £35,000 against the Evening Standard and £25,000 against the Daily Mail. The cases concerned articles… Read More »
Solicitor settles phone hacking libel claim
The claim was brought over a statement by the Metropolitan Police Service to the Press Complaints Commission that Mr Lewis wrongly quoted what had been said to him by Detective Inspector Mark Maberly when giving… Read More »
Solicitor wins poster libel case
A UK solicitor has won his libel claim against a former client with the payment of £50,000 in damages, an apology, an undertaking not to repeat and indemnity costs. Stewart Wiseman, a solicitor at Lorrells LLP… Read More »
Times withdraws Flood appeal
The Times has withdrawn its appeal to the Supreme Court in regard to what has become known as the second limb of its appeal in Flood v Times Newspapers Limited. The second limb concerned Tugendhat J.’s… Read More »
Flood: Supreme Court overturns Court of Appeal
The Supreme Court has overturned part of the decision of the Court of Appeal which found that a report published by The Times about an investigation into a Detective Sergeant Flood was not protected by Reynolds privilege. The original… Read More »
Nancy no gold-digger says Judge, dismissing Dell’Olio claim
A libel claim by Nancy Dell’Olio against the Daily Mail was dismissed in a judgment handed down by Tugendhat J on 20 December 2011, after a hearing on meaning. The judgment gives further guidance on the… Read More »
Summary judgment for ex-MP
Nigel Waterson, who was shadow Minister for Pensions in the last Parliament has obtained summary judgment in his defamation action based on the leaflets distributed by his successor at the 2010 General Election. During the… Read More »
Supreme Court hears Times’ Flood Appeal
The Supreme Court is hearing The Times’ appeal in Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd on the 17 and 18 October 2011. Last July the Court of Appeal overturned the finding made by Mr Justice Tugendhat… Read More »
Report on Draft Defamation Bill
The Joint Select Committee on the Draft Defamation Bill has announced that it will publish its report on Wednesday 19 October 2011. The Joint Committee is a committee of both Houses of Parliament appointed to… Read More »
Saudi businessman awarded £175,000 libel damages
In a reserved judgment, HHJ Parkes QC sitting in the High Court has awarded Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi £175,000 damages for libel against Mr Elias Kifle, the publisher and editor in chief of an online… Read More »
Thornton wins historic libel and malicious falsehood trial
In a reserved judgment handed down today, Mr Justice Tugendhat has awarded author Sarah Thornton a total of £65,000 damages for libel and malicious falsehood against the publishers of the Daily Telegraph. This is believed… Read More »