High Court awards £20,000 in damages to parish clerk over defamatory Facebook posts by councillor – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 27th, 2025 in autism, damages, defamation, internet, local government, news and tagged by sally

‘A parish clerk has been awarded £20,000 in damages after defamatory social media posts by a parish councillor, who was “consumed with a very strong personal dislike” of the clerk, were found to have caused serious harm to their reputation.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 26th March 2025

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk