libel
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The case type is described as "Media and Communication -- Part 7 Claim -- Defamation -- libel and slander".
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
The court filings show Prince Harry as a defendant alongside Mark Dyer, another former trustee of the charity, in a claim listed as "defamation - libel and slander".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
He has been questioned in court before about his alleged IRA past - at the Ballymurphy inquest in Belfast in 2019 and during a libel case against the BBC in Dublin in 2025.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
In 1932 she reported on the libel trial brought against Hitler by a former Nazi henchman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Adams had orchestrated “a libel on the French government” as part of his “swindling experiment.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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