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28.11.16

Defamation Case: BBC defeats defamation claim brought by iman accused of espousing extremism

What issues did this case raise? In the case of Begg v British Broadcasting Corporation [2016] EWHC 2688 (QB), the claimant, the Chief Imam at Lewisham Islamic Centre, sued the BBC for libel following a broadcast of Sunday Politics on 3 November 2013 during which Andrew Neil, the host of the show, said the following words…