Former health secretary Matt Hancock has been granted summary judgment in the libel claim brought against him by former MP Andrew Bridgen. Mr Hancock had expressed the opinion that a tweet by Mr Bridgen was antisemitic in character. The Court of Appeal held that the opinion was one that an honest person could hold on the basis of the uncontroversial facts; that no other conclusion could reasonably be reached at a trial; and that Mr Bridgen’s allegation that Mr Hancock did not hold the opinion should be struck out.
Aidan Eardley KC appeared for Mr Hancock, instructed by RPC.
The full case report is available here.
