Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers (1986) Ltd and others
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Esther Louise Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers (1986) Ltd., Brian Radford, Richard Stott and Mirror Group Newspapers plc. [1993] EWCA Civ 16, [1993] 4 All ER 975, also shortened to Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers by legal analysts,[1] is a 1993 English defamation court case. The case was brought by the television presenter Esther Rantzen against Mirror Group Newspapers, publisher of The People which had alleged that Rantzen had protected a child abuser after he had given information about child abuse in a school.
Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers (1986) Ltd and others | |
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Court | Court of Appeal of England and Wales |
Full case name | Esther Louise Rantzen v Mirror Group Newspapers (1986) Ltd., Brian Radford, Richard Stott and Mirror Group Newspapers plc. |
Decided | 31 March 1993 (1993-03-31) |
Citation(s) | [1993] EWCA Civ 16, [1993] 4 All ER 975 |
Case history | |
Appealed from | Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Lord Justice Neill, Lord Justice Staughton, Lord Justice Roch |
Keywords | |
libel |
The jury in the case at the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales found for Rantzen and awarded her £250,000 in damages. The defendants appealed the award to the Court of Appeal of England and Wales where the award was reduced to £110,000 as the court ruled that the damages awarded by the jury had been disproportionate.[2]