Kevin Bays reports on the implications of the Irving v Penguin Books decision on costs for future defamation cases
Kevin Bays is a partner at Davenport Lyons, solicitors for Penguin Books. After the initial reporting of the Irving judgment, most press reports have been devoted to the issue of recovery of costs. Some commentators have asked whether Irving, if he could not afford to pay the defendant’s costs if he lost, should have been […]