Actions have consequences, as Michelle Mone is discovering.

While she was claiming innocence in the PPE MedPro scandal, she threatened court action against news publications that published stories about it.

Now she has admitted lying about her involvement, some of those media outlets are keen to recoup the money they had to spend defending themselves.

One of them is The New European – and the Good Law Project, a group of lawyers that has been researching the PPE procurement scandal in order to carry out court action of its own in the public interest, is going to help.

Here’s what Good Law has to say:

We won’t let wealthy individuals with powerful connections silence media organisations and campaigners working to expose the truth. So we’re supporting The New European to launch a case against Michelle Mone early in the new year.

The newspaper has spent thousands of pounds defending itself against Mone’s legal threats, and we think there is a legal mechanism to recover those costs – where there is ‘deceit’.

And they’re not the only ones. Media outlets such as the Guardian, The Mirror, Byline Times, The National and Tortoise – as well as many other freelance reporters – have had to spend time and money dealing with defamation threats because of their reporting on PPE Medpro.

“The law must not allow itself to become a tool whereby those with money can bully and silence those with none,” said the Executive Director of Good Law Project, Jo Maugham. “We aim to create further jeopardy for those who engage in these kinds of egregious breaches.”

“Mone sought to pretend that the Lady M yacht had nothing to do with her,” said Matt Kelly, Editor in Chief of The New European. “That is a nonsense.”

“We were forced to spend several thousand pounds of costs in legal fees responding to her mendacious threats. We want our money back,” he added. “More than that, we want to establish a future deterrent against wealthy individuals willing to lie to stymie honest reporting. We look forward to seeing Mone in court in the new year.”

Source: We’re helping The New European sue Michelle Mone – Good Law Project

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