Friday, 28th November 2008 - 14:41CET
Court of Appeal confirms libel judgment
The Court of Appeal this morning confirmed a judgment by the Magistrates' Court for the General Workers' Union's daily, l-orizzont, to pay €2,800 (Lm1,202) in libel compensation to the union's former legal adviser.
George Abela had sued the newspaper editor, Frans Ghirxi, over an article about an extraordinary general conference of the GWU, published on August 5, 2006. Dr Abela had also filed a second libel suit entitled Surprise Action By George Abela.
The court had ruled that the articles were libellous and Mr Ghirxi had not granted Dr Abela a right of reply.
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