Category: Defamation

A long running libel claim in the case of Fry v Agilah settled with the reading of a statement in open court on Friday. The Claimant had sued over an email sent in April 2021… Read More »

On 11 February 2026, Mrs Justice Collins Rice handed down judgment in the TPI on meaning in a libel claim brought by Stephen Belafonte against NGN (publishers of The Sun newspaper). Mr Belafonte contended that… Read More »

The High Court has today awarded the Claimant, a former receptionist at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, £50,000 in damages (including aggravated damages) for libel, a permanent injunction, and an order under s.12… Read More »

On 5 December 2025, Guy Vassall-Adams KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) dismissed a defendant’s application to set aside the judgments against him, on liability and remedies, on the ground that they had… Read More »

The High Court (DHCJ Guy Vassall-Adams KC) has determined meaning following a preliminary issue trial in a libel claim brought by Andy Ngo, a journalist and the author of the book Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical… Read More »

The Court of Appeal has refused an application by Mohamed Amersi in his libel claim against the BBC for permission to appeal against parts of a June order of Johnson J concerning interim applications by… Read More »

Today, in the High Court in London before Mrs Justice Hill, the Home Secretary and the Home Office have apologised unreservedly to Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, a prominent British Muslim community leader, and paid him £225,000 in… Read More »

Dr Matthew Garrett, a software engineer and free software activist, has been awarded £70,000 in damages for libel in a judgment by the High Court. Dr Garrett issued libel proceedings over a number of defamatory… Read More »

Duncan and Neill on Defamation and other Media and Communications Claims 6th Edition The sixth edition of this highly regarded work is now available. Published by LexisNexis Butterworths, this publication is intended to be a… Read More »

A claim by Mr Richard Taylor for libel arising from the film The Lost King has settled in his favour. A statement in open court was read on behalf of Mr Taylor today by 5RB’s… Read More »

The High Court has today given judgment in Noel Clarke v Guardian News and Media Ltd [2025] EWHC 2193 (KB), following the six-week trial that took place earlier this year. The claim was for libel… Read More »

On Monday, the High Court began a four day trial of a defamation claim in Hegab (“Hijab”) v The Spectator (1828) Ltd & Anor before Mr Justice Johnson. Mohammed Hijab, a prominent British YouTuber with… Read More »

The High Court has given judgment on preliminary issues in a libel claim brought by the broadcaster and former professional footballer Eniola Aluko against Joey Barton, the former professional footballer and manager. A preliminary issue… Read More »

Boxing promoter Frank Warren’s claim against boxer Christopher Eubank Jr for words spoken at a press conference in September 2024, broadcast live and subsequently shared online, is in the High Court before Mr Justice Jay… Read More »

A trial of preliminary issues took place yesterday before Mrs Justice Eady in the defamation claim brought by John Ware against Roger Waters and Al Jazeera Media Network. The claim concerns an interview that Mr… Read More »

A statement was read in open court before Nicklin J on 5 December 2024 on behalf of the claimants, Zoë Harcombe PhD and Dr Malcolm Kendrick, in their long-running libel claim against Associated Newspapers. This recorded… Read More »

Technology giant Dyson has abandoned its defamation claim against Channel 4 and ITN, which had been brought over a broadcast on Channel 4 News. Dyson sued Channel 4, and ITN, the makers of the programme,… Read More »