McLibel Case

Lawsuit

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Date decided	February 15, 2005
Judge(s) sitting	Pill LJ
	May LJ
Subsequent action(s)	Steel & Morris v United Kingdom
Date of Reg.	2019-09-04 12:39:47
Date of Upd.	2023-01-01 05:34:05
ID	1103894

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About McLibel Case

McDonald's Corporation v Steel & Morris [1997] EWHC QB 366, known as "the McLibel case", was an English lawsuit for libel filed by McDonald's Corporation against environmental activists Helen Steel and David Morris over a factsheet critical of the company.

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