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Katie Hopkins loses libel case

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Megatherium · 10/03/2017 16:40

www.theguardian.com/media/2017/mar/10/jack-monroe-wins-twitter-libel-case-against-katie-hopkins

Hooray! That's definitely cheered me up for the weekend.

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BigChocFrenzy · 11/03/2017 12:02

24k damages is generous for a Twitter row, but insignificant compared to 300k lawyers fees.
So, even Jack's lawyers would not have been interested in a % of that.

youarenotkiddingme · 11/03/2017 12:12

Expensive tantrum Grin

About time she actually put her money where her mouth is. Doubt there's any hope that it'll make her realise the true cost of of vileness though.

GrumpyOldBag · 11/03/2017 12:33

She's facing a total bill of over £130k.

Interesting article on the legal aspects: inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/131000-katie-hopkins-realise-trolling-twitter-expensive-hobby/

GrumpyOldBag · 11/03/2017 16:30

and this:

www.justgiving.com/fundraising/justiceforkatiehopkins

Megatherium · 12/03/2017 07:13

It's unlikely Hopkins would have insurance because insurance companies won't insure for cases where the chances of success are low - which was undoubtedly the case here given there was no question of what she said, no question that it was untrue and defamatory, and clear legal precedent on the point that she argued about libel via Twitter.

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