A long-running libel case, which created a landmark judgment ruling claimants must show actual serious harm, has ended with the Independent and Evening Standard being told to pay a total of £120,000 in damages.

Both newspapers published articles in 2014 falsely alleging French aerospace engineer Bruno Lachaux had been abusive and violent towards his ex-wife, taken their son away from her and accused her of kidnapping the child.

The Independent article was also published in a shorter form in the i, which at the time was its sister title.