David Irving
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David Irving is an author who in 2000 lost a libel action he took against the American historian Deborah Lipstadt.
According to a report in The Guardian:
- He had sued Penguin books and the author Deborah Lipstadt over her book which said Irving had persistently and deliberately misinterpreted and twisted historical evidence to minimise Hitler's culpability for the Holocaust. Penguin incurred costs of £2m to defend the claim. In May 2000 Irving was ordered to pay an interim amount of £150,000, but has failed to pay a penny.[1]
In his verdict in the libel trial, which took place in the High Court, London on 11 April 2000, Mr Justice Gray stated:
- I have found that, in numerous respects, Irving has misstated historical evidence; adopted positions which run counter to the weight of the evidence; given credence to unreliable evidence and disregarded or dismissed credible evidence.[2]
Affiliations
Academic Kevin MacDonald testified for Irving in the libel trial.
Notes
- ↑ Vikram Dodd, Failed libel action costs Irving his home, The Guardian, 22 May 2002, accessed 4 Dec 2009
- ↑ David John Cadwell Irving vs Penguin Books Ltd and Deborah E. Lipstadt, High Court of Justice, 11 April 2000, accessed 4 Dec 2009
