Modi loses appeal in Cairns libel case
Lalit Modi, the former IPL chairman, has lost his appeal against the level of damages awarded in his libel case defeat against Chris Cairns. Modi was ordered to pay Cairns £90,000 ($142,000), as well as costs in excess of £1 million ($1.6m), in March over a defamatory tweet sent in January 2010, after a two-week hearing at the High Court.
Modi was given leave to appeal the damages but not liability. However, the Lord Chief Justice on Wednesday announced that Modi’s case had been thrown out, saying the amount awarded to Cairns, the former New Zealand allrounder, was “proportionate to the…
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