Two activists should have been given legal aid in their long fight against a McDonald's libel action, a court says. The European Court of Human Rights said the lack of such aid effectively denied the ...

Environmentalist Steel is best known as the woman who successfully defended herself in the 90s McLibel case, in which McDonalds accused her and co-defendant David Morris of libel after they ...

Our countdown explores shocking incidents like the McLibel case, racial discrimination against franchise owners, animal cruelty, wage theft, and marketing blunders that have seriously damaged the ...

The European court ruling that two activists should have been allowed legal aid in their libel battle with McDonald's is just the latest of many twists in the longest case in English legal history.

His most renowned legal case – McLibel – saw him represent two environmental activists sued by McDonalds. He also defended Greenpeace against Shell over plans to dump Brent Spar, a decommissioned oil ...

AN UNDERCOVER police officer admitted spying on Sir Keir Starmer while he was a barrister for two environmental campaigners fighting the McLibel case in the early 1990s, a public inquiry has heard.

The famous “McLibel” case saw two London activists engaged in a long court battle during the 1990s.

His time as a barrister saw him work across several high-profile disputes, including the infamous McLibel case.

One of the most famous moments in Mr Starmer's legal career was the McLibel case, which saw him help activists Helen Steel and David Morris take on McDonalds. They had published a leaflet ...

<p>McDonald’s brought a successful libel case against two environmental activists, Helen Steel and David Morris, who could not afford a lawyer at the time of the trial. The European court found that ...

Before he was Labour leader, Keir Starmer fought for the underdog in a few headline-grabbing cases as a barrister. Zoë Grünewald speaks to the defendants in the infamous McLibel case “Dave and ...