10 h, jun 13, 2018 y - Depp v NGN & Wootton JD v NGN & Wootton Johnny Depp PARTICULARS OF CLAIM FILED

Description:

The claim form was issued on 1st June 2018 by the Claimant's then solicitors, Brown
Rudnick LLP. Particulars of Claim followed on 13th June 2018.

Strict rules regulating media comment during ongoing legal cases seems to have acted as a deterrent for most media running with the news of this filing. The People had what appears to have been an exclusive on 6 June 2018 - an article that probably could not have been published in the UK and by definition would have relied on leaked documents shown to them by one of the legal parties as the documents were not published or available to the public or media in any form at this stage.

Notably the news was not carried by any title owned by the Murdoch Group (owners of News Group Newspapers and the Sun and many others titles) or Penske Media (significant holdings in many titles including Rolling Stone, Deadline, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter).


The natural and ordinary meaning attributed to each of the articles was as follows,

"The Claimant was guilty, on overwhelming evidence, of serious domestic violence
against his then wife, causing significant injury and leading to her fearing for her life, for which the Claimant was constrained to pay no less than £5 million to compensate her, and which resulted in him being subjected to a continuing
restraining order; and for that reason is not fit to work in the film industry.'



Source:
UK Court Documents:
- Particulars of Claim 13 June 2018
- Judgement 2 November 2020 para 6-7

Added to timeline:

Date:

Images: