Noel Clarke loses appeal court challenge that could have delayed Guardian libel trial

Actor’s 11th hour attempt to add new claim to his case before trial rejected in unanimous judgmentNoel Clarke has suffered a legal setback after the court of appeal rejected his 11th-hour bid to seek to add a new ‘conspiracy’ claim to his lawsuit, which could have delayed the start of a libel trial.Clarke’s lawyers had wanted try to introduce the ‘conspiracy’ claim, which would have involved adding six new co-defendants to the case, before the trial. Continue reading...

Noel Clarke loses appeal court challenge that could have delayed Guardian libel trial

Actor’s 11th hour attempt to add new claim to his case before trial rejected in unanimous judgment

Noel Clarke has suffered a legal setback after the court of appeal rejected his 11th-hour bid to seek to add a new ‘conspiracy’ claim to his lawsuit, which could have delayed the start of a libel trial.

Clarke’s lawyers had wanted try to introduce the ‘conspiracy’ claim, which would have involved adding six new co-defendants to the case, before the trial. Continue reading...