15 h, jul 4, 2020 y - DAILY MAIL
AH can be in court
for JD evidence,
High Court rules
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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard will come face each other in court after his bid to have her barred from his High Court showdown against The Sun newspaper was thrown out.
A three-week trial, which centres on a 2018 article which refers to Depp as a 'wife beater', which he strenuously denies, will begin in London on Tuesday.
But in the latest pre-hearing spat, Depp's legal team on Friday tried to exclude Heard from attending court until she was called by NGN as a witness - meaning she would be prevented from watching her ex-husband give evidence.
Depp's lawyer, Eleanor Laws QC, had argued that Heard's evidence could later be less reliable if she were present during Depp's testimony.
She also claimed that actress Heard was not a 'party' in the litigation and therefore did not have to be in court before appearing as a witness.
But Mr Justice Nicol has refused to grant 57-year-old Depp's request, clearing the way for Heard, 34, to attend the trial.
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