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libel and defamation

 

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Examples of libel cases the team have dealt with include:

  • successfully defending a client in a six day High Court jury trial which involved complex issues of qualified privilege and malice.
  • acting for a senior city councillor in respect of a libel claim arising from an article written in a party political leaflet, which raised issues of justification, qualified privilege and malice.
  • acting for an international pharmaceutical client in relation to a trade libel claim.
  • providing pre publication advice to a publishing client concerning a controversial academic article.
  • acting for a former Mayor in settling a libel claim.
  • successfully preventing various national newspapers from publishing potentially libellous articles. 

 

For more information visit our defamation pages.