07 Mar BREXITEER ARRON BANKS PARTIALLY WINS LIBEL APPEAL AGAINST AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST CAROLE CADWALLADR
Businessman and Brexiteer Arron Banks has been partially vindicated in his controversial libel case against journalist Carole Cadwalladr....
07 Mar TRUMP ALLY UNSUCCESSFUL IN HIS LIBEL CLAIM AGAINST CNN
Former Congressman, ally of Donald Trump, and regular lawsuit instigator Devin Nunes has lost his defamation case against CNN and its anchor Jake Tapper. Nunes is the CEO of the social media platform Truth Social – a platform founded by Trump in October 2021 after Twitter suspended his account. Nunes sued over a segment on CNN Tonight with Jake Tapper broadcast on 31 October 2022. In the segment Tapper commented on the “spreading” “of offensive and false conspiracy theories” following the violent attack...
03 Nov 3 November 2022
In this issue of zoom-in brief, Jake Paul sued over match-fixing comments, teenage chess prodigy issues $100m libel claim over cheating allegations, and Cardi B cleared over use of tattoo image on mixtape cover. ...
02 Aug ROONEY WINS IN “WAGATHA CHRISTIE” LIBEL BATTLE
Coleen Rooney has come out the victor in the long-running libel case brought against her by Rebekah Vardy. The case, dubbed “Wagatha Christie” stemmed from a post from Ms Rooney on Twitter and Instagram about the leaking of stories about her private life to the Sun newspaper....
02 Aug 3 August 2022
In this issue of zoom-in brief, Cardi B is expected to give evidence in a claim involving a photo on her 2016 mixtape cover, Coleen Rooney is victorious in the highly publicised libel case brought against her by Rebekah Vardy, Ofcom finds the BBC breached impartiality rules in an interview with former leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson; whilst in the US, sculptor Jeff Koons fails to have copyright infringement claim against him dismissed. ...
05 Jul ARRON BANKS ALLOWED TO APPEAL CAROLE CADWALLADR LIBEL DEFEAT
The multi-millionaire pro-Brexit campaigner Arron Banks has been granted permission to appeal the decision against him in his unsuccessful libel action against Carole Cadwalladr, an investigative journalist for the Observer and Guardian....
17 Jun 17 June 2022
In this issue of zoom-in brief, in the US, Roy Moore is seeking to revive his claim against Sacha Baron Cohen over ‘paedophile device’ skit; judgment is awaited on preliminary issues in Prince Harry’s defamation case against the publishers of the Mail; whilst Leave.EU campaigner Arron Banks loses his defamation claim against journalist Carole Cadwalladr....
17 Jun ARRON BANKS LOSES LIBEL ACTION AGAINST JOURNALIST CAROLE CADWALLADR
Brexit campaigner Arron Banks has lost a libel action he brought against journalist Carole Cadwalladr over a TED talk and a tweet which commented on Mr Banks’ relationship with Russia....
17 Jun PRINCE HARRY AWAITS MEANING OUTCOME IN LATEST CLAIM AGAINST THE MAIL
Prince Harry is awaiting a decision over whether a Mail on Sunday article is defamatory of him. The preliminary hearing is in the Duke’s latest legal claim against Associated Newspapers, the publishers of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Mail Online....
17 Jun FORMER JUDGE ROY MOORE SEEKS TO REVIVE CLAIM AGAINST SACHA BARON COHEN
Former Alabama judge and Senate candidate Roy Moore has asked a Manhattan appeals court to revive his defamation claim against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. The claim relates to Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy series Who is America in which Baron Cohen portrays fictional characters....
29 Jan RACHEL RILEY SUCCESSFULLY STRIKES OUT DEFENCES TO HER LIBEL CLAIM
TV presenter and Countdown mathematician Rachel Riley has succeeded in her libel claim against journalist and campaigner Michael Sivier, over an article he published on his website headlined: “Serial abuser Rachel Riley to receive ‘extra protection’ – on grounds that she is receiving abuse”....
30 Nov “WAGATHA CHRISTIE” – COURT FINDS TWEET DID ACCUSE REBEKAH VARDY OF GIVING STORIES TO THE SUN
Round one of the libel claim dubbed “Wagatha Christie” has gone to the claimant, Rebekah Vardy. The case was brought by Ms Vardy (wife of England footballer Jamie Vardy) after Colleen Rooney (wife of fellow England footballer Wayne Rooney) wrote a post on Instagram and Twitter about trying to find out who had been providing stories about her private life to The Sun newspaper....
13 Nov JOHNNY DEPP LOSES ‘WIFE-BEATER’ LIBEL CASE
Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has lost his libel case against the Sun newspaper and its executive editor Dan Wootton over the article ‘Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife-beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?’...
07 Aug THE TIMES APOLOGISES AND PAYS DAMAGES OVER PRE-PAYWALL ARTICLE PREVIEW
The Times has apologised to the former CEO of Al Rayan Bank, Sultan Choudhury OBE, after it published a photo of him online next to a pre-paywall preview of an article that had the headline: ‘Female Circumcision is like clipping a nail, claimed speaker’....
07 Aug RILEY AND OBERMAN DROP LIBEL CLAIM AGAINST BARRISTER
Countdown presenter Rachel Riley and actress Tracy-Ann Oberman have withdrawn their libel claim against barrister Jane Heybroek for retweeting a blog post that was critical of them....