Elton John 'not libelled by Times tax avoidance article'

High court rules two stories in paper did not have 'severely damaging' meaning alleged by singerThe high court has ruled that Sir Elton John was not libelled by the Times in articles that he claimed falsely linked him to a controversial tax avoidance scheme.Mr Justice Tugendhat said in a short oral judgment handed down at the high court on Wednesday that the two Times articles were not capable of bearing the defamatory meaning alleged by John.John complained that he was libelled by two articles ...

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