BBC to pay ‘substantial’ damages to Ukraine president over false claim he authorised corrupt payment to meet Trump

The Ukrainian president’s solicitor, Graham Atkins, told judge Julian Knowles the allegation that Mr Poroshenko “procured or authorised a corrupt payment” was “seriously defamatory”.

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UPDATE: Poroshenko sues BBC over report he paid $400,000 for Trump meeting

That story is untrue and has left Poroshenko “seriously injured in his reputation” and “caused substantial distress and embarrassment” according to a British High Court claim, signed by Poroshenko’s lawyer, Graham Atkins, and dated September 3, 2018.

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Tony Blair's wife sues Murdoch company over phone hacking

Cherie Blair was suing "in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails," lawyer Graham Atkins said in an email, making her one of the most high-profile people to have challenged Murdoch's News International over the illegal eavesdropping campaign waged against politicians, celebrities, athletes and others in the public eye.

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Cherie Blair sues over UK phone hacking — Graham Atkins

Graham Atkins, of Atkins Thomson, said: “I can confirm that we have issued a claim on behalf of Cherie Blair in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails.”

In November, Tony Blair’s former communications director Alastair Campbell told the Leveson Inquiry into press standards that he believed a story the Daily Mirror published about Cherie Blair’s pregnancy in 1999 may have come from hacking.

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Cherie Blair sues over UK phone hacking — Graham Atkins

Graham Atkins, of Atkins Thomson, said: “I can confirm that we have issued a claim on behalf of Cherie Blair in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails.”

In November, Tony Blair’s former communications director Alastair Campbell told the Leveson Inquiry into press standards that he believed a story the Daily Mirror published about Cherie Blair’s pregnancy in 1999 may have come from hacking.

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