- The High Court has handed down a preliminary trial judgment in Paisley v Linehan dealing with three statements published as comments written by subscribers on the Defendant’s Substack blog. 1/3
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- It held that all three were defamatory of the Claimant at common law: the first two conveyed that the Claimant was a paedophile and the third that the Claimant was party to a co-ordinated effort by child molesters who had adopted LGBT causes. 2/3
- Mark Henderson (@markhenderson.bsky.social) acts for the Claimant, instructed by Paul Greenberg at Cohen Davis Solicitors, and led by Lorna Skinner KC. 3/3
