The court assessed damages for a libel of the claimants published by the defendant via a broadcast TV interview in January 2015. The defendant, a UKIP councillor, had alleged that the claimants, who were Labour MPs for the Rotherham area, had been aware of large-scale child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, and had done nothing to bring the perpetrators to justice. The court awarded each claimant £40,000.
Gavin Millar QC and Sara Mansoori were involved in this case.