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High Court dismisses fabricated slander claim (Rayner v Seabourne-Hawkins)

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Published on: 03 November 2020
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TMT analysis: This claim concerned an action for slander in which the claimant alleged that the defendant had falsely accused him of sexual assault and of being under investigation for interfering with young girls, which in turn had led him to lose out on a job offer. Written by Yinka McKay Wood, associate, and Moritz Schirmeister, associate at Atkins Thomson Solicitors.

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