Arbitrator rejects libel claim versus Dorset Eye over asylum coverage

Arbitrator rejects libel claim versus Dorset Eye over asylum coverage

The Dorset Eye has won arbitration in a defamation case brought against it by a founder of a group protesting the Bibby Stockholm Barge.

Dorset Eye Successfully Defends Case Of Defamation Brought by Alex Bailey - Dorset Eye

The following is the official statement from the Independent Press Regulator IMPRESS: An independent Impress arbitration has found in favour of publisher Dorset Eye (the respondent) after a claim of defamation was brought forward by Alex Bailey (the claimant). The case relates to five articles published by Dorset Eye on local campaign group No To The Barge (of which Bailey was a founding member), set up in response to the decision to house asylu…