Duchess of Sussex s legal battle with Mail on Sunday branded tortuous by judge
Lord Justice Warby appears to criticise both sides for their lengthy courtroom tussles after ruling that the Duchess won her copyright claim
12 May 2021 • 6:14pm
Meghan s former aide Jason Knauf emphatically denied having any copyright claim to the letter she sent to her estranged father
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A High Court judge branded arguments in the Duchess of Sussex’s legal case against the Mail on Sunday as tortuous .
Lord Justice Warby ruled that the Duchess, 39, won her copyright claim after a letter sent by former aide Jason Knauf emphatically denying ownership of a letter she wrote to her father rendered the newspaper’s case unreal .
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In this file photo taken on October 1, 2019 Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex arrives at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
LONDON: A British court upheld Meghan Markle’s copyright claim against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, over its publication of a letter to her father.
The ruling by judge Mark Warby means the Duchess of Sussex, as Markle is formally known, has now won every part of her legal claim against the newspaper group, which published a handwritten letter she wrote to her father Thomas Markle.
Meghan wins UK copyright claim over letter to father
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May 6, 2021
LONDON: A British court on Wednesday upheld Meghan Markle’s copyright claim against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, over its publication of a letter to her father.
The ruling by judge Mark Warby means the Duchess of Sussex, as Markle is formally known, has now won every part of her legal claim against the newspaper group, which published a handwritten letter she wrote to her father Thomas Markle.
Warby said on Wednesday at a remote hearing lawyers acting for Queen Elizabeth II had assured him the copyright did not belong to the Crown so he was granting “summary judgement” over that remaining aspect of the case, too. In February the High Court issued Meghan with a “summary judgement”, meaning she won her privacy and data protection rights claims against Associated Newspapers over the letter’s publication without having to go to trial. Warby also ordered
Meghan Markle Wins Last Copyright Claim Against UK Tabloid, Sole Author Of Letter To Father
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Meghan Markle has won the last of her copyright claim over the publication of a letter to her estranged father
Associated Newspapers earlier suggested that she may not have been the sole copyright owner of the letter
Former communications secretary Jason Knauf denied co-writing the private letter the duchess sent to Thomas Markle
Meghan Markle has won the final round in her copyright claim against the publisher of the U.K. tabloids Mail on Sunday and Mail Online over the publication of a letter she sent to her father in August 2018.