Labour’s ex-director of governance among 21 suing party for libel over anti-Semitism report leak

Labour’s ex-director of governance is among 21 people suing party for libel over leaked internal report into its handling of anti-Semitism allegations Emilie Oldknow took legal action against party in February to find source of leak  860-page report on Labour’s anti-Semitism complaints was leaked in April 2020  Ms Oldknow and 20 other unnamed individuals filed … Read more

Labour’s ex-director of governance is among 21 people suing party for libel

Labour’s ex-director of governance is among 21 people suing party for libel over leaked internal report into its handling of anti-Semitism allegations Emilie Oldknow took legal action against party in February to find source of leak  860-page report on Labour’s anti-Semitism complaints was leaked in April 2020  Ms Oldknow and 20 other unnamed individuals filed … Read more

Johnny Depp breaks social media silence to promote new film City of Lies amid heated libel case

Johnny Depp put aside all of his legal drama to make a rare social media post about his latest film.  The 57-year-old actor posted the poster for his new drama City of Lies on Instagram on Friday. ‘Thank you to Voletta Wallace and the Poole family for allowing Brad, Forest, myself and the crew to … Read more

Loser of ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel battle will face legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial

The loser of the ‘Wagatha Christie’ High Court libel case between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy faces being saddled with a legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial, MailOnline has learned. Damages on top could easily push the total cost for the losing wag to over £2m. The two sides have … Read more

Loser of ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel battle will face legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial

The loser of the ‘Wagatha Christie’ High Court libel case between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy faces being saddled with a legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial, MailOnline has learned. Damages on top could easily push the total cost for the losing wag to over £2m. The two sides have … Read more

Loser of ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel battle will face legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial

The loser of the ‘Wagatha Christie’ High Court libel case between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy faces being saddled with a legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial, MailOnline has learned. Damages on top could easily push the total cost for the losing wag to over £2m. The two sides have … Read more

Tommy Robinson will represent himself at libel trial because he ‘can’t afford a lawyer’, court hears

Tommy Robinson will represent himself in a libel trial next month because he ‘cannot afford a lawyer’, the High Court has heard. The English Defence League founder, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is being sued by a Syrian refugee who was filmed being attacked in a school playground. A video showing Jamal Hijazi, then … Read more

Panorama journalist WINS first round of libel battle over anti-Semitism documentary

Panorama journalist WINS first round of libel battle over claims documentary investigating anti-Semitism in the Labour party was ‘rogue journalism’ Journalist John Ware is suing Press Gang’s Paddy French over a Panorama film French claimed Ware’s BBC documentary Is Labour Anti-Semitic? ‘bent the truth’ He wrote article Is The BBC Anti-Labour? and sent it to BBC … Read more

Client must pay law firm £25,000 in libel damages for negative Trustpilot review

Client must pay law firm £25,000 in libel damages for negative Trustpilot review calling them ‘a total waste of money’ and a ‘scam’ in row over £200 Philip James Waymouth slammed Summerfield Browne in a furious online post  The law firm sued him and claimed his comments were untrue and defamatory   Waymouth didn’t appear at … Read more

Client must pay law firm £25,000 in libel damages for negative Trustpilot review

Client must pay law firm £25,000 in libel damages for negative Trustpilot review calling them ‘a total waste of money’ and a ‘scam’ in row over £200 Philip James Waymouth slammed Summerfield Browne in a furious online post  The law firm sued him and claimed his comments were untrue and defamatory   Waymouth didn’t appear at … Read more