Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay a total of £180,000 in damages to two people he referred to as paedophiles on social media after losing a High…
LAURENCE Fox has been ordered to pay a total of £180,000 in damages to two people he referred to as paedophiles on social media after losing a High Court libel battle.
The Reclaim Party founder – who said at the time that he would boycott the supermarket – counter-sued the pair and broadcaster Nicola Thorp over tweets accusing him of racism.In a ruling on Thursday, the judge said Fox should pay Blake and Seymour £90,000 each in damages. At a hearing in March, Lorna Skinner KC, for Blake and Seymour, had said the pair should receive “at least six-figure sums” from Fox, calling a suggestion the pair should only receive a “modest” award “nonsense”.
He said in a post on X: “I don’t know what the judge will award these people. But the costs of these proceedings are enormous.Fox added: “We are seeing the courts used maliciously across the west and that is a very concerning trend. So enjoy the victory guys and I hope it is short lived!” He said in written submissions: “This has been the most high-profile libel action of the year and both the trial and the judgment were massively reported in the media … There can be few, if any, original publishees in the present case who will be unaware of its outcome.”“For whatever passing doubts or vague suspicions that may have at some time subsisted in the minds of readers, only a modest financial award in compensation should be due.
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