Mirror Group Newspapers (“MGN”) has today failed in its attempt to dismiss crucial evidence of phone hacking in High Court actions brought against it by former England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati, the former nanny to David and Victoria Beckham’s children Abbie Gibson, and the former Captain of Blackburn Rovers Garry… Continue reading Mirror Group
Read moreEuromoney Institutional Investor Plc v (1) Aviation News Ltd (2) Philip Tozer-Pennington This case concerned a dispute between two publishing and events companies for the aviation sector focusing on the financing and leasing of aircraft. Our clients, Aviation News and Phillip Tozer- Pennington, were the defendants in this claim by Euromoney which alleged defamation in… Continue reading Euromoney
Read moreRothschild v Associated Newspapers Limited [2013] EWCA Civ 197 10 April 2013 (Valerie Paisner) Last month’s unanimous Court of Appeal judgment in Rothschild v Associated Newspapers Limited, in which the financier, Nat Rothschild, lost his libel appeal against the defence of justification, provides interesting guidance on the circumstances in which a defendant need prove only… Continue reading Case Law
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