On 25 June 2024,  after a complex preliminary issues trial, Mr Justice Nicklin handed down judgment in the case of Harcombe and Kendrick v Associated Newspapers [2024] EWHC 1523 (KB), dismissing a public interest defence advanced by the publishers of The Mail on Sunday and its health editor, in a libel claim brought against them by Dr Zoë Harcombe and Dr Malcolm Kendrick. [read post]