Nathaniel Rothschild loses Daily Mail libel case
Financier Nathaniel Rothschild has lost his libel case against the Daily Mail following a 2010 story which he said portrayed him as a "puppet-master". - The paper said he set up a meeting between then EU Trade Commissioner Lord Mandelson and Russian Oleg Deripaska on the eve of a major trade deal. Mr Rothschild said he would appeal against the High Court judgement. The paper's publishers - Associated Newspapers - denied libel and had argued the claims were justified. The ruling was made by Mr Justice Tugendhat, who sat without a jury. Mr Rothschild, 40, had sought substantial damages over what he described as "sustained and unjustified" attacks by the Daily Mail in the piece published in May 2010. The paper had said Mr Rothschild had fostered a relationship it believed to be inappropriate at that time between oligarch Mr Deripaska and Lord Mandelson.
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