A joint award of pounds 40,000 was made for defamation and harassment in a case where the harassment alone justified an award at the upper end of the Vento scale [58], being a campaign in which the claimant was ‘clearly and deliberately targeted’ to create a ‘foreseeable response’ which was ‘vicious and frightening’ and ‘calculated to (and did) whip up hatred for the Claimant and put her in fear for her safety’. The ‘real . . reputational harm’ was adequately compensated within that award.
Citations:
[2019] EWHC 396 (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 . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Defamation, Information, Damages
Updated: 27 September 2022; Ref: scu.634223
