Galloway libel case reaches court

The trial of George Galloway’s libel action against the Daily Telegraph commences today before Mr Justice Eady.

The case concerns allegations that the Glasgow Kelvin MP accepted £375,000 in oil money from Saddam Hussein’s regime, which Mr Galloway denies.  The newsaper is not seeking to establish that its claims were true, but that they were published on an occasion of Reynolds qualified privilege.  The action is being tried by the Judge alone.

Telegraph Group is represented by James Price QC and Matthew Nicklin of 5RB.

Links:

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• Telegraph denies Galloway vendetta, The Independent
• Galloway response to allegations was ‘pure bluster‘, Guardian Unlimited
• Telegraph defends Galloway story, BBC News
• Angry Galloway and QC clash over letter, The Guardian
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• Galloway accuses lawyer of labelling him anti-Semitic, The Independent
• Galloway denies Saddam ‘fawning’, BBC News
• Galloway demands withdrawal of ‘anti-Semitic’ allegations, Media Guardian
• Galloway loses temper in court during libel action, The Times
• Galloway challenges Telegraph in High Court, Media Guardian
• MP Galloway sues newspaper over Saddam claims, The Times
• Saddam claims ‘outrageous’, says Galloway, The Guardian
• Galloway portrayed as ‘Saddam’s little helper’, lawyer says, Bloomberg
• Galloway ‘fought Saddam tyranny’, BBC News