Graham Atkins Solicitor: The aliens have landed, send for a magistrate!

THE TV presenter Anna Richardson was recently the subject of a Court of Appeal application arguing that her libel action against Arnold Schwarzenegger should not be heard in England.

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Jun 27, 2025 - 22:21

The alleged libel was published on the internet and lawyers representing the defendants contended that the US courts should have jurisdiction. They failed. Lord Justice May and Lord Justice Thomas observed that, because the plaintiff was British and the alleged libel was published on the internet, any libel trial should take place in the English courts.

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Graham Atkins, of Campbell Hooper, who successfully represented Richardson, said: “Often the choice of venue for cases is important and can be a hotly contested issue pre-trial. It can mean the difference between success and failure.”

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grahamatkins Graham Atkins Solicitor is widely-acknowledged as a leading libel, privacy and reputation management lawyer, recognised in the media, the Legal 500, Chambers and Spears for many years. He has 30 years’ experience in his field, qualifying at Dentons, then working at media and commercial firms before founding predecessor firms Atkins Solicitors, Atkins Thomson (Top Rank Legal 500) and then continuing his work with Rob Dellow and the team at Atkins Dellow.