Judge reserves decision in Bercow tweet case

Former Paradise Chambers silk HHJ Jeremy Baker QC has been appointed to the Queen's Bench Division (QBD) to succeed Mr Justice Eady, who retires later this month. Eady J presided over his final case last month in which he awarded disgraced Tory peer ...

Sally Bercow (PA) The High Court decides today whether a tweet by Commons Speaker's wife SallyBercowabout Tory peer Lord McAlpine was libellous. The posting appeared two days after a November 2012 Newsnight report wrongly implicated the former ...

A TWEET by Commons Speaker's wife Sally Bercow pointed "the finger of blame" at Tory peer Lord McAlpine during a media frenzy over allegations of child sex abuse, a judge has heard. Mrs Bercow was at London's High Court for a hearing to decide the ...

COMMONS Speaker's wife Sally Bercow gave "a nudge and a wink" to Twitter followers when she named Lord McAlpine after allegations a Tory politician was a paedophile, a libel hearing at the High Court heard yesterday. Sally Bercow denied her tweet ...

In February, Lord McAlpine, who has already received six-figure payouts from the BBC and ITV, announced that he was and instead asked for a charitable donation to BBC Children In Need. The hearing before Mr Justice Tugendhat is only concerned with ...

Claimant seeking determination on meaning of words complained of as preliminary issue Lord McAlpine of West Green v Bercow: Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Tugendhat): 25 April 2013 In December 2012, the claimant issued libel proceedings against ...

A Good Samaritan who helped vulnerable people caught up in the Hackney riots has accepted substantial damages from the Metropolitan Police over a poster it published which suggested that he was involved in the disorder. Leslie Austin, who works ...

The messages from a well-wisher are seen near a candle lit for the missing girl in Rothley, central England. Photos: Reuters A photo of Madeleine that was circulated worldwide. Missing Madeleine McCann's parents yesterday marked the sixth ...

If the judiciary can't keep pace with technology, US-style closeted juries will become the norm The internet, social media and mobile communications are not only changing the way court cases are reported but making it far harder to protect juries ...