by Nik Williams | Feb 12, 2025
Malachi O’Doherty Malachi O’Doherty, Journalist and author STATUS: Struck out – The case against O’Doherty, which had been filed in 2019, was struck out in January 2024. Kelly was ordered to bear his and O’Doherty’s costs. The separate legal action...
by Nik Williams | Jun 30, 2023
Nina Cresswell << Back to Cases: In Focus Nina Cresswell STATUS: Concluded – On 26 April 2023, the High Court passed down its judgment in favour of Nina Cresswell. The judge stated that Cresswell’s imputation that Hay had “violently sexually assaulted her” was...
by Tim McNicol | May 5, 2023
Scott Stedman & Forensic News << Back to Cases: In Focus Forensic News, its founder, Scott Stedman and others STATUS: Concluded – On 1 March 2023, the Court of Appeals (Civil Division) rejected Soriano’s appeal and upheld the obtaining of evidence through a...
by Tim McNicol | May 5, 2023
Clare Rewcastle Brown << Back to Cases: In Focus Clare Rewcastle Brown, Investigative journalist and founder of The Sarawak Report STATUS: Concluded – Libel case filed in London in 2017, settled in Rewcastle Brown’s favour in 2019. Rewcastle Brown continues to...
by Tim McNicol | May 5, 2023
Realtid << Back to Cases: In Focus Realtid, its editor and two journalists STATUS: Concluded – The case was filed in November 2020, with a jurisdictional hearing in March 2021, the judgment for which was handed down in May 2022. A follow up hearing was...
