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Former health secretary Matt Hancock libelled parliamentary candidate Andrew Bridgen to a 'devastating extent' by accusing him of antisemitism on social media, the High Court has been told. The ...
The man who Katie Hopkins libelled as a Muslim extremist has told how his life suffered following her newspaper column where she suggested he was an extremist with links to Al Qaeda. “The impact ...
The first stage of a High Court libel case has found that ex-footballer Joey Barton libelled former England striker Eni Aluko in online posts about her and her family. The broadcaster said she ...
Comedian Frankie Boyle won more than £54,000 (€66,000) damages after a High Court jury concluded that he had been libelled by the Daily Mirror.
A MEMBER of the Travelling community has claimed the Sunday World libelled him in an article describing him as a "land-grabber" and the lands as "Crime- ville". David Joyce (50) had secured €1 ...
Two police officers who were libelled on live radio by one of their bosses have received £25,000 in damages. Former PCs Joanne Kelly and Simon Jones were sacked in October 2013 after using a ...
Of all professional sport performers none receives less respect from the Press than the wrestler. Sportwriters think nothing of calling wrestlers stupid, shady, corrupt. But any who might have ...
Speaker’s wife libelled lord, high court rulesIn his judgment, Tugendhat said there was no sensible reason for Bercow to include the words “*innocent face*” in her tweet, which sensible ...
All Progressives Congress APC, Monday, asked President Goodluck Jonathan to go to court if he felt libelled by the description of his presidency as a kindergarten presidency by its Interim ...
Columnist Claire Bonello was yesterday ordered to pay Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt €750 in damages after a court found that she had libelled him through an e-mail she circulated in May ...
Pots and pans will fly, metaphorically, in a Parisian courtroom today when one of the most respected chefs in France is accused of libelling the French food industry. Alain Passard, chef of L ...
Two former nursery nurses say they considered taking their own lives after being falsely accused of sexually abusing children. Dawn Reed, 31, and Christopher Lillie, 37, were named in a Newcastle City ...