News agency’s $11m libel action against Buzzfeed dismissed by US judge
News agency boss Michael Leidig has lost his bid to sue Buzzfeed over a 5,000-word article published by the news…
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Ukranian president in libel action against BBC over claim of £300,000 payment to ‘fix talks’ with Donald Trump
A libel action brought by the Ukrainian President against the BBC over allegations that a secret six-figure sum was paid…
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Labour MP wins libel battle with Sun over claim he joined band that used ‘Nazi symbols’
Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon has won a High Court libel battle against the Sun over an article claiming he…
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Government to end success fees in change to ‘no-win, no-fee’ legal agreements that plagued media publishers
Lawyers working on no-win, no-fee agreements will no longer be able to claim success fees from the losing parties in…
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European Court of Human Rights rules Hungarian news website not liable for hyperlinking to defamatory content
The European Court of Human Rights has today ruled that a Hungarian news website should not be found liable for hyperlinking…
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Supreme Court told by Evening Standard publisher that libel claimants must show evidence of serious harm
A lawyer for the Independent and Evening Standard has argued against a landmark Court of Appeal ruling last year which…
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Arabic news website pays out to prince over ‘seriously defamatory’ claims he plotted against king
A Moroccan prince has received an apology and substantial damages from an Arabic-language news site based in London after it…
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Judge will hear ex-police chief’s libel suit against claim he grabbed Daily Mirror journalist’s phone records
A former police chief’s libel action against the Daily Mirror over allegations that he was involved in the illegal interception…
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