

Simpson v Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd
Simpson v Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd References: [2015] EWHC 77 (QB), [2016] EWCA Civ 772 Court: High Court, Court of Appeal Dates of judgments: 21 January 2015, 26 July 2016 The Court of Appeal has ruled that the meaning of a defamatory statement does not necessarily establish the intensity of its sting. Facts of the case Daniel Simpson is a Premier League footballer who plays for Leicester City. On 16 November 2012 Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd (“MGN”) published in the Dail