The court awarded pounds 45,000 general damages and an additional pounds 10,000 in aggravated damages in respect of three posts containing allegations of computer hacking or strong grounds to suspect such conduct in the third post, published to approximately 100, 230 and 188 persons respectively on blogs. The separate aggravated damages award took account of several matters including that the publications were made against a background of earlier proceedings and the Defence asserted that the claimant was a liar.
Judges:
Richard Spearman QC HHJ
Citations:
[2019] EWHC 2099 (QB)
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Turley v Unite The Union and Another QBD 19-Dec-2019
Defamation of Labour MP by Unite and Blogger
The claimant now a former MP had alleged that a posting on a website supported by the first defendant was false and defamatory. The posting suggested that the claimant had acted dishonestly in applying online for a category of membership of the . .
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Defamation, Damages
Updated: 27 September 2022; Ref: scu.641717