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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alexandra Topping

Dyson tells libel trial Daily Mirror article was a distressing ‘personal attack’

Sir James Dyson arriving at the high court in London yesterday to attend the first day of the libel trial.
Sir James Dyson arriving at the high court in London yesterday to attend the first day of the libel trial. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

An article that featured Sir James Dyson in a “rogues’ gallery” and stated that he had “championed Vote Leave … before moving his global head office to Singapore” was “damaging and distressing” to the inventor and entrepreneur, the high court has heard.

In a written statement to the court, Dyson described a Daily Mirror article published last year as a “personal attack on all that I have done and achieved in my lifetime” and said it was “highly distressing and hurtful”.

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