At a damages award hearing on Tuesday, Gayle’s barrister Bruce McClintock SC said Fairfax had put out a press release saying it did not get a fair trial which meant they were saying the defamatory claims “were in fact true”. Chris Gayle wins defamation case against Fairfax Media Read more“It is a repetition of the defamation ... continuing the harm to my client’s reputation,” he said. The Fairfax statement said it was seriously considering an appeal, saying it believed the company did not get a fair trial after its failed application to have the jury discharged. McClintock said it was “extremely disappointing” that an organisation such as Fairfax “should try and go on with a fight like this”. “I utterly reject the suggestion that Fairfax did not get a fair trial,” he said.

Source: The Guardian October 31, 2017 01:10 UTC