Karl HammarlingNov 7, 2023
Dan Neidle

Some personal reflections on Zahawi, Barrowman and Mone. Why libel law rewards liars, and how we could change it.

https://www.taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/11/07/libel/

Zahawi, Barrowman and Mone: why libel law rewards liars, and how we could change it.

Baroness Mone introduced a company, PPE Medro, to the "VIP fast lane" for supplying PPE to the Government during the pandemic. There was copious evidence that she and/or her husband, Douglas Barrowman, ran the company. In December 2020, a lawyer instructed by Mone and Barrowman told the Gu

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Show threadSteven HeywoodNov 7, 2023
@danneidle
Just out of curiosity — and I suspect I'm being fanciful here — would it be possible for the successful defendant in a libel case to sue the lawyers and/or their client for libel after causing the publication of letters making false allegations leading to reputational damage and financial loss (cost of defence + loss of earnings)?