Dale Vince to get damages from Daily Mail publisher over misleading article
Summary
Dale Vince, a green energy businessman and Labour Party donor, will receive damages from the Daily Mail’s publisher for using his photo to wrongly suggest he was involved in a sexual harassment case. The court of appeal ruled the newspaper misled readers by showing his picture next to a headline about another person’s misconduct.Key Facts
- Dale Vince is a businessman who supports the Labour Party and has donated over £5 million.
- The Daily Mail published an article in June 2023 about Labour repaying money to a former donor accused of sexual harassment.
- The article used a picture of Vince, but the headline referred to someone else, Davide Serra, who was found guilty of harassment in 2002.
- The print edition kept Vince’s photo next to the misleading headline, while the online version replaced it after 47 minutes.
- Vince sued the newspaper, claiming his personal data was wrongly used and that readers would wrongly think he was accused.
- ANL (publisher of the Daily Mail) initially won in the high court but lost on appeal.
- The court said the publisher failed to follow rules against misleading readers by mixing the headline and Vince’s photo.
- Vince believes this case could change how libel laws work in the internet age, as many people only read headlines and not whole articles.
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