The leader of a universities union has agreed to pay “substantial damages” to a firefighter over tweets he claims falsely portrayed him as “a misogynist, a pervert and a liar”, the High Court has been told.
Paul Embery, a trade union activist, launched a libel claim against Dr Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU), over her response to him highlighting the anti-social behaviour of a group of train passengers on Twitter.
