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Phone hacking: Cherie Blair to sue News International - Graham Atkins Solicitor

  Tony Blair's wife to take action against Glenn Mulcaire and NI over the alleged hacking of her phone by News of the World Phone hacking: it is not known when Cherie Blair is alleged to have been targeted. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Cherie Blair, the wife of the former prime minister, is suing News International and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire over the alleged hacking of her phone by the  News of the World .   Blair's lawyer,  Graham Atkins Solicitor , said on Wednesday he had issued a claim against Mulcaire and News Group  Newspapers , the News International subsidiary that published the now defunct News of the World, "in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails".  Blair was at the heart of the British government for 10 years – from May 1997 to June 2007 – as the wife of the former prime minister, Tony Blair. It is not known when  Cherie Blair  is alleged to have been targeted.  The fresh legal action co...

The aliens have landed, send for a magistrate! - Graham Atkins Solicitor

    THE TV presenter Anna Richardson was recently the subject of a Court of Appeal application arguing that her libel action against Arnold Schwarzenegger should not be heard in England. The alleged libel was published on the internet and lawyers representing the defendants contended that the US courts should have jurisdiction. They failed. Lord Justice May and Lord Justice Thomas observed that, because the plaintiff was British and the alleged libel was published on the internet, any libel trial should take place in the English courts. Graham Atkins Solicitor , of Campbell Hooper, who successfully represented Richardson, said: “Often the choice of venue for cases is important and can be a hotly contested issue pre-trial. It can mean the difference between success and failure.”  Read more---->>>>>

Governor Settles Lawsuit - Graham Atkins Solicitor

  SACRAMENTO —    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has settled a lawsuit in London brought by a former British TV host who accused the governor of fondling her and later said the governor’s aides had smeared her reputation, attorneys for both sides said Friday. Anna Richardson, a former late-night personality, sued Schwarzenegger and two of his top aides in London’s High Court in May 2004. She accused them of falsely saying she had forced herself on Schwarzenegger and said the accusation was intended to protect his “ruthless political ambition” during the 2003 recall. In the final week of that turbulent campaign, Richardson was among several women who told The Times that Schwarzenegger had groped them in the past. Her libel action came after Schwarzenegger’s publicist accused Richardson in The Times of being the aggressor during the alleged encounter. Another top aide denied that inappropriate action had occurred with any women. Attorneys for the Republican governo...

British presenter sues Arnie | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard - Graham Atkins Solicitor

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British television presenter who alleges she was molested by Arnold Schwarzenegger is to sue him for libel over his claim that she encouraged the incident. Anna Richardson claimed the 56-year- old Terminator star touched her breast as she tried to interview him at the Dorchester Hotel in December 2000 about his film The Sixth Day for her London Weekend Television show Big Screen. A spokesman for Schwarzenegger said she encouraged the behaviour. Vicar's daughter Miss Richardson, who was 29 at the time, was furious about the response and is now claiming it damaged her reputation as a professional interviewer by presenting her as someone who uses sex as part of her interview technique. She is expected to file a £100,000 libel suit later this week, which could cost the actor in excess of £1million in legal fees. Miss Richardson has reportedly enlisted libel lawyer  Graham Atkins  Solicitor , who has recently had successes on behalf of Kate Beckinsale and Cat Deeley in defamation c...

UPDATE: Poroshenko sues BBC over report he paid $400,000 for Trump meeting - Graham Atkins Solicitor

  Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include additional information from the court claim and a comment from Michael Cohen’s lawyer. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is taking the BBC to court for libel after the British public broadcaster reported that he made a $400,000 payment to schedule a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. That story is untrue and has left Poroshenko “seriously injured in his reputation” and “caused substantial distress and embarrassment” according to a British High Court claim, signed by Poroshenko’s lawyer,  Graham Atkins Solicitor , and dated September 3, 2018. Here is a copy of the High Court claim filed on behalf of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko against the BBC. In May, the BBC reported that Poroshenko’s intermediaries had made a payment of at least $400,000 to Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, to organize a meeting between the two leaders. The Ukrainian president reportedly decided to make the unof...

BBC is to pay 'substantial' damages to Ukraine president after claiming he paid Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen £300,000 to prolong a meeting at the White House - Graham Atkins Solicitor

  The BBC has agreed to pay 'substantial' damages to the president of Ukraine  It's over false allegations that he procured payment to arrange talks with Trump The broadcaster made the false claim in an article on its website on May 23, 2018 The BBC has agreed to pay 'substantial' damages to the president of Ukraine after claiming he paid Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen £300,000 to prolong a meeting at the White House in June 2017 into more substantial talks. Petro Poroshenko took legal action over the false claims made by the broadcaster made in an article on its website and as a headline news item on the News At Ten on May 23 2018, a judge at the High Court in London heard on Thursday. The BBC said that a representative of Poroshenko contacted Cohen through a Jewish charity in New York and paid him to extend his time with the president. Cohen, who has always denied the claims, would have instead needed to lobby on th...

BBC to pay 'substantial' damages to Ukraine president over false claim he authorised corrupt payment to meet Trump - Graham Atkins Solicitor

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  Story which ran on News at Ten and broadcaster's website 'seriously defamatory', High Court told The  BBC  is to pay considerable damages to Ukraine’s president over false allegations he authorised a corrupt payment to arrange talks with  Donald Trump . Petro Poroshenko  took legal action after the broadcaster wrongly claimed  Michael Cohen , the US president’s former personal lawyer, received a $400,000 (£305,000) payment to help secure "substantial talks" with the US president. The story ran on the BBC’s website and as a headline news item on the  News At Ten  on 23 May last year. Mr Poroshenko has accepted an apology and “a substantial sum by way of compensation” from the corporation, which has agreed to pay his legal costs and publish a correction, the High Court in London heard on Thursday. The Ukrainian president’s solicitor,  Graham Atkins Solicitor , told judge Julian Knowles the allegation that Mr Poroshenko “proc...