Our Verdict: Expect a compensation cut for exaggerated defamation claims

28/07/23

The Lawyer, 28/7/23

​For the appellant, Phillip Evans: Brick Court's Aidan Robertson KC, Victoria Wakefield KC, David Bailey and Sophie Bird, 4 New Square's Benjamin Williams KC, and Halisham Chambers' Jamie Carpenter KC, instructed by Hausfeld.

For the 16th respondent, Michael O'Higgins: Brick Court's Daniel Jowell KC, Gerard Rothschild, and Charlotte Thomas, and 4 New Square's Shail Patel, instructed by Scott + Scott

For the appellant, Michael O'Higgins: Brick Court's Daniel Jowell KC, Gerard Rothschild, and Charlotte Thomas, and 4 New Square's Shail Patel, instructed by Scott + Scott.

For the first respondent, Phillip Evans: Brick Court's Aidan Robertson KC, Victoria Wakefield KC, David Bailey and Sophie Bird, 4 New Square's Benjamin Williams KC, and Halisham Chambers' Jamie Carpenter KC, instructed by Hausfeld.

For the claimant, Autostore Technology: Brick Court's Vernon Flynn KC, Nicholas Saunders KC and Georgina Petrova, 8 New Square's Adrian Speck KC, 11 South Square's Kathryn Pickard, 3 New Square's Miles Copeland and Thomas Lunt, instructed by Kirkland & Ellis.

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