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Post by gawa on Apr 17, 2024 11:37:02 GMT
Man's trying to take on Murdoch and refusing a settlement. Gewan you lad ye.
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Post by felonious on Apr 17, 2024 14:42:32 GMT
Hugh Grant settles privacy case against Sun publisher Actor Hugh Grant has settled a privacy case against the publisher of the Sun newspaper, saying he could have faced a bill of up to £10m even if he had won. www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68834392
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Post by spitthedog on Apr 18, 2024 0:02:01 GMT
Hugh Grant settles privacy case against Sun publisher Actor Hugh Grant has settled a privacy case against the publisher of the Sun newspaper, saying he could have faced a bill of up to £10m even if he had won. www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68834392This is crazy. Cant blame him for settling at this stage. The law is an ass. As Grant wrote on X: “If I proceed to trial and the court awards me damages that are even a penny less than the settlement offer, I would have to pay the legal costs of both sides.” From the Guardian..... "This is because, in the eyes of the court, he would have wasted everyone’s time by fighting the case when he could have accepted more money at a much earlier date. Doesn’t this stop justice being seen to be done? This system is designed to encourage financial settlements without putting claimants through the stress of court appearances, while also reducing legal costs. But it does create an incentive for those accused of wrongdoing and desperate to avoid a messy public trial, where senior executives could be called to give evidence, to offer more money than could ever realistically be awarded by a judge. In addition, such settlement offers can be made without any public acceptance of wrongdoing. Grant said: “Rupert Murdoch’s lawyers are very expensive. So even if every allegation is proven in court, I would still be liable for something approaching £10m in costs. I’m afraid I am shying at that fence.” Hundreds of cases have been settled by the Sun’s parent company this way, relating to both the newspapers still being published and the defunct News of the World. Many of the people who accepted settlements said they did not feel justice had been done as they were unable to air their evidence in open court and have a judge rule on the veracity of their allegations. The actor Sienna Miller reluctantly accepted a large financial settlement over her claims of phone hacking at the Sun. She said in 2021: “I wanted to go to trial. I wanted to expose the criminality that runs through the heart of this corporation.” Despite being a successful film actor, Miller said she could not afford the “countless millions of pounds to spend on the pursuit of justice” required to take the case to trial. If there was no illegal behaviour at the Sun, why does News Group not fight the accusations? The answer remains unclear. A spokesperson for the newspaper offered this explanation: “It is in both parties’ financial interests not to progress to a costly trial.” Grant described his payout as having the stench of “hush money” and said: “As is common with entirely innocent people, they are offering me an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of court.”
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Post by maxplonk on Apr 18, 2024 7:26:10 GMT
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Post by atillathehoneybee on Apr 18, 2024 8:16:47 GMT
Conna stand him, conna stand The Sun...
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Apr 18, 2024 8:31:32 GMT
Conna stand him, conna stand The Sun... I'll tell you what, I fucking wish the sun would publish some whopping lies about me, sell a load of papers and then have to give me 10m quid for it 😆
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Post by atillathehoneybee on Apr 18, 2024 8:46:59 GMT
Conna stand him, conna stand The Sun... I'll tell you what, I fucking wish the sun would publish some whopping lies about me, sell a load of papers and then have to give me 10m quid for it 😆 That happened back in the 80's, I think it may have involved The Sun, an editor ran with a story knowing full well they'd get fucked over it, and apparently split the money with the victim...I'll try and dig it out and post on here.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 18, 2024 17:41:00 GMT
Posh twat
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Post by nott1 on Apr 18, 2024 17:46:40 GMT
Murdoch is an even bigger twat, the ugly little gnome!
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Post by hoffgreen on Apr 18, 2024 21:49:43 GMT
Man's trying to take on Murdoch and refusing a settlement. Gewan you lad ye. Look into Benjamin Pell..interesting character who rummaged through bins back in the day...he found some quite revealing stuff
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Post by thebasfordhedgehog on Apr 18, 2024 23:56:02 GMT
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