The Speaker's
wife Sally Bercow has lost the first battle against Lord McAlpine in his libel
action over her alleged Twitter slur. The peer's lawyers persuaded High Court
judge Mr Justice Tugendhat to hear his case in two separate hearings. The first
will decide whether Mrs Bercow's tweet last year - "Why is Lord McAlpine
trending? innocent face" - was capable of being defamatory. If the tweet
is found to be defamatory - which Mrs Bercow denies - a second hearing will
rule on damages. Lawyers for Lord McAlpine have claimed that only a "moron
in a hurry" would not have made the connection between her tweet and false
allegations linking him to child sex abuse claims.
The Letter of The Law (email). The Times, Page: 11 The Daily Telegraph, Page: 2 The Guardian, Page: 9 The Independent, Page: 22 Daily Express, Page: 2 Daily Mail, Page: 26 Daily Mirror, Page: 2 The Sun, Page: 22 Evening Standard, Page: 9
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