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King's / Queen's Bench Division of the High Court
KB-2023-003636 - [2025] EWHC 2043 (KB)
Fecha: 05-Ago-2025
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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 2043 (KB)
Case No: KB-2023-003636
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING’S BENCH DIVISION
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS LIST
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 5 August 2025
Before :
MR JUSTICE JOHNSON
Between :
Mohammed Hegab | Claimant |
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(1) The Spectator (1828) Limited (2) Douglas Murray | Defendants |
Mark Henderson and Clare Wisson (instructed by Saracens Solicitors) for the Claimant
Greg Callus and Hector Penny (instructed by RPC) for the First Defendant
William Bennett KC (instructed by Patron Law Ltd) for the Second Defendant
Hearing dates: 14 – 17 July 2025
Further written submissions: 30 July 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down by release to The National Archives
on 5 August 2025 at 10.30am
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- A time limited reporting restriction order is in place to prohibit the reporting of the identity of the man that is referred to in this judgment as CVB. While that restriction is in place, no matter m
- The factual background
- The Hindutva
- Golders Green: Saturday 22 May 2021
- BBC: 23 May 2021
- The rally for Israel: Sunday 23 May 2021
- Seminar on Hinduism at the Sapience Institute: April 2022
- Leicester: May – September 2022
- The claimant’s actions on 18 September 2022
- The article
- Organisations disassociate from the claimant
- The causes of the street violence
- The claimant’s evidence
- The evidence of the claimant’s witnesses
- Tort of defamation
- Responsibility
- Meaning
- Serious harm
- Truth
- Submissions
- Responsibility for publication
- Meaning and reference
- Serious harm
- Truth
- Data Protection claim
- Strike out
- Conclusions