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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Hamish Morrison

Arch-Brexiteer Arron Banks renews legal pursuit of journalist in libel case

Arron Banks arrives at Portcullis House in Westminster, London in 2018 to give evidence to an inquiry into fake news/PA Media

BUSINESSMAN and arch-Brexiteer Arron Banks has won a bid to appeal after losing his High Court libel claim against investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr.

Banks, a major donor to the Leave.EU campaign in the run-up to the 2016 referendum, sued Cadwalladr for libel over a statement she made in a TED Talk and a tweet she later posted which included a link to the talk.

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