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- Title
Gretna 2, Real Madrid 0: Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd.
- Authors
McInnes, Rosalind
- Abstract
The article focuses on decision of Court of Session of Scotland in the case Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd. wherein politician Tommy Sheridan filed a defamation suit against News Group for articles published by newspaper. Topics discussed include News Group Newspapers sought to have the defamation jury trial verdict reopened, effect of the perjury verdict was to establish for legal purposes that the pursuer had lied about attending sex clubs and swingers' clubs and extra-marital affair.
- Subjects
SHERIDAN, Tommy; LIBEL &; slander lawsuits; NEWS Group Newspapers Ltd.; JURY trials; SCOTLAND. Court of Session; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Edinburgh Law Review, 2017, Vol 21, Issue 1, p115
- ISSN
1364-9809
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3366/elr.2017.0395