The verdict for the trial is set to be announced today
The case centres around Rebekah’s Instagram account being accused by Coleen of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019 in a now famous Instagram post dubbed Wagatha Christie.The pair’s lawyers made their closing statements at Royal Courts of Justice on Thursday 19 May and after much waiting the decision is set to be revealed this afternoon. Ahead of the verdict, we take a look at the legal issues in the libel battle.
In this case, she relies on a defence of truth - that what she posted when she identified Rebekah as the alleged leaker was “substantially true”. What was the meaning of the post by Coleen? At an earlier stage of the proceedings in late 2020, a judge concluded that the “natural and ordinary meaning” of Coleen’s post , to the “ordinary reasonable reader” was that: “Over a period of years Mrs Vardy had regularly and frequently abused her status as a trusted follower of Ms Rooney’s personal Instagram account by secretly informing The Sun newspaper of Ms Rooney’s private posts and stories, thereby making public without Ms Rooney’s permission...
The amount of damages awarded depends on a number of factors, including the level of harm caused to a person’s reputation and how many people read the published libel, but is usually dwarfed by legal costs. What are the estimated legal costs of the case? At a hearing in March last year, it was revealed that Rebekah had a costs budget for the case of nearly £900,000, while Coleen’s costs were estimated to be about £400,000.
However, if there has been an attempt to reach a financial settlement at an earlier stage in proceedings, and an offer has been made in secret, this position changes.
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