In a judgment handed down on 25 March 2021 ([2021] EWCA Civ 423 [pdf]), the Court of Appeal (Underhill and Dingemans LJJ) refused Johnny Depp’s application for permission to appeal against Mr Justice Nicol’s dismissal of his libel claim against the Sun. Continue reading
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The truth, as Oscar Wilde has Algernon Moncrieff remark to Jack Worthing in Act I of The Importance of Being Ernest, is rarely pure and never simple. Nowhere is this more evident than in a defamation courtroom. At common law, the defence of justification to a claim for defamation averred that the words complained of, in their natural and ordinary meaning, were true in substance and in fact. Continue reading
The reserved judgment in the case of Johnny Depp v News Group Newspapers will be handed down by Mr Justice Nicol on 2 November 2020. The trial took place over 16 days between 7 and 28 July 2020. Continue reading
The trial in the case of Johnny Depp v News Group Newspapers in the High Court in London before Nicol J [pic] entered its final days with the Defendants’ closing submissions taking place on Day 15, Monday 27 July 2020. Continue reading
The trial in the case of Johnny Depp v News Group Newspapers in the High Court in London before Nicol J continued on Friday 24 July 2020 (Day 14) when the evidence for the defendants concluded. Continue reading
The trial in the case of Johnny Depp v News Group Newspapers in the High Court in London before Nicol J continued on Wednesday 22 July (Day12), and Thursday 23 July (Day 13). Continue reading
The trial in the case of Johnny Depp v News Group Newspapers in the High Court in London before Nicol J continued on Friday 17 July (Day 9), Monday 20 July (Day 10) and Tuesday 21 July (Day 11). Continue reading
The trial in the case of Johnny Depp v News Group Newspapers in the High Court in London before Nicol J continued on Wednesday 15 July (Day 7) and Thursday 16 July (Day 8). Continue reading
The trial in the case of Johnny Depp v News Group Newspapers in the High Court in London before Nicol J continued on Monday 13 July (Day 5) and Tuesday 14 July (Day 6). Continue reading
The libel trial in the case of Johnny Depp v News Group Newspapers began on Tuesday 7 July 2020 before Mr Justice Nicol, in the familiar surroundings of Court 13 at the Royal Courts of Justice with added social distancing. Continue reading
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