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6.08.13
Cruddas and Times Newspapers rages on; record costs bill expected
Times Newspapers Ltd, publishers of the sunday Times, will seek to appeal a High Court ruling that the paper libelled former Conservative Party treasurer Peter Cruddas over claims that he sold access to the Prime Minister. The case revolves around a meeting between then-Tory treasurer Cruddas and undercover journalists posing as financiers and potential…
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Appeal allowed in Downing street Cash for Access Libel Claim
On 21 June 2013 the Court of Appeal overturned Mr Justice Tugendhats decision in the libel case of Peter Cruddas v (1) Jonathan Calvert (2) Heidi Blake (3) Times Newspapers Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 748. The Claimant Peter Cruddas is a former Conservative Party co-treasurer who brought libel and malicious falsehood proceedings against two journalists and…
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