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Laurence Fox libel case over ‘racist’ claim to face retrial, Court of Appeal rules
The Court of Appeal ruled Laurence Fox’s counterclaim over being called a racist caused serious reputational harm and ordered a retrial, while halving damages to £45,000 each.
- In a ruling on Friday, the Court of Appeal ordered a retrial of Laurence Fox, actor-turned-activist and Reclaim Party leader, in a judgment by Lord Justice Dingemans, Lady Justice Elisabeth Laing and Lord Justice Warby.
- The dispute began when Sainsbury's decision to mark Black History Month prompted Simon Blake and Colin Seymour to call Fox a racist, leading him to call them paedophiles on X.
- The Court cut damages to £45,000 each and imposed an injunction after Mrs Justice Collins Rice had ordered £90,000 per claimant last year.
- A retrial will examine the defences of truth and honest opinion, as Lord Justice Warby concluded the judge's approach was in some respects wrong in law.
- Amid discussion about social media's reach, Fox said the racism accusations damaged his acting career, listing offers from 2019 and work drying up from 2021, but he failed to overturn libel findings against Simon Blake and Colin Seymour.
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