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| + | | name = Christopher Steele | ||
| + | | occupation = Former British intelligence officer; director of Orbis Business Intelligence | ||
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[[Christopher Steele]] is a former British intelligence officer, and a director of London-based Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd. along with [[Christopher Burrows]]. He is alleged to have compiled a dossier on [[Donald Trump]]'s links to Russia.<ref>Bradley Hope, Michael Rothfeld and Alan Cullison, [http://www.wsj.com/articles/christopher-steele-ex-british-intelligence-officer-said-to-have-prepared-dossier-on-trump-1484162553 Christopher Steele, Ex-British Intelligence Officer, Said to Have Prepared Dossier on Trump], ''Wall Street Journal'', 11 January 2017.</ref> | [[Christopher Steele]] is a former British intelligence officer, and a director of London-based Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd. along with [[Christopher Burrows]]. He is alleged to have compiled a dossier on [[Donald Trump]]'s links to Russia.<ref>Bradley Hope, Michael Rothfeld and Alan Cullison, [http://www.wsj.com/articles/christopher-steele-ex-british-intelligence-officer-said-to-have-prepared-dossier-on-trump-1484162553 Christopher Steele, Ex-British Intelligence Officer, Said to Have Prepared Dossier on Trump], ''Wall Street Journal'', 11 January 2017.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Litigation over the dossier== | ||
| + | Several cases over the dossier have been heard in the English courts: | ||
| + | *In ''Aven & Ors v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd'' (July 2020), the High Court found that one allegation about two Alfa Group shareholders breached the accuracy principle of data protection law. It awarded each of them £18,000 in damages.<ref>[https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2020/1812.html Aven & Ors v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd [2020] EWHC 1812 (QB)], 8 July 2020.</ref> | ||
| + | *In ''Gubarev v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd'' (October 2020), a libel claim against Steele and Orbis was dismissed.<ref>[https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2020/2912.html Gubarev & Anor v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd & Anor [2020] EWHC 2912 (QB)], 30 October 2020.</ref> | ||
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Christopher Steele is a former British intelligence officer, and a director of London-based Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd. along with Christopher Burrows. He is alleged to have compiled a dossier on Donald Trump's links to Russia.[1]
Litigation over the dossier
Several cases over the dossier have been heard in the English courts:
- In Aven & Ors v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd (July 2020), the High Court found that one allegation about two Alfa Group shareholders breached the accuracy principle of data protection law. It awarded each of them £18,000 in damages.[2]
- In Gubarev v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd (October 2020), a libel claim against Steele and Orbis was dismissed.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Bradley Hope, Michael Rothfeld and Alan Cullison, Christopher Steele, Ex-British Intelligence Officer, Said to Have Prepared Dossier on Trump, Wall Street Journal, 11 January 2017.
- ↑ Aven & Ors v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd [2020 EWHC 1812 (QB)], 8 July 2020.
- ↑ Gubarev & Anor v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd & Anor [2020 EWHC 2912 (QB)], 30 October 2020.