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Andrew Bridgen MP v Matt Hancock MP [2024] EWHC 1603 (KB)
The case is a defamation claim by Andrew Bridgen MP, the Defendant against Matthew Hancock MP, the Claimant. The claim is based on a Tweet posted by Hancock on 11 January 2023, which Bridgen alleges to be defamatory. The Tweet referred to “disgusting and dangerous anti-semitic, anti-vax, anti-scientific conspiracy theories spouted by a sitting MP […]
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President Donald J. Trump v Orbis Business Intelligence Limited [2024] EWHC 173 (KB)
In June 2016, Orbis Business Intelligence Limited (Orbis), an English company specialising in strategic intelligence and investigative services, was engaged by a US consultancy on behalf of a US law firm. The objective was to gather intelligence on any Russian efforts to influence the 2016 US Presidential election and any links between Russia and Donald […]
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Elliott v Hattens Solicitors (a firm) [2021] EWCA Civ 720
In Elliott v Hattens Solicitors (a firm) [2021] EWCA Civ 720 the court considered the preliminary issue at trial of the question of whether or not the claim brought by Mrs Elliott (‘the Respondent’), against her solicitors, Hatten Solicitors (‘the Appellant’), was outside the limitation period for bringing a claim. The answer would depend upon […]