Defamation: Steel & Morris V The UK
This article was written by my sister in law and tenant, Lois Cole-Wilson , and was first published on the IP/IT Update website on w8 May 2008 under the title Legal Aid, Human Rights, Libel and McDonald: Steel and Morris v UK. Lois had some insight into this case because she was the pupil to one of the counsel in the orginal hearing. For further information please contact Lois through our Contact page. The European Court of Human Rights ( "ECHR" ) has handed down judgment in the case between the Greenpeace campaigners Helen Steel and David Morris and the United Kingdom ( The case of Steel and Morris v UK (Application no. 68416/0 1 . (2005) 41 EHRR 22, [2005] ECHR 103). This was the conclusion to a case which has the accolade of being the longest running case in English legal history. It has lasted nine years and six months, with a trial lasting two years and six months and an appeal lasting twenty three days. The Libel Case The litigants often referred to as the McL...