Editing Daily Mail (section)

===Successful lawsuits against the ''Mail''===
* 2001, February: Businessman [[Alan Sugar]] was awarded £100,000 in damages following a story commenting on his stewardship of [[Tottenham Hotspur Football Club]].<ref>Daniel Rogers [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/feb/16/dailymail.pressandpublishing Sugar wins libel battle] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428070015/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2001/feb/16/dailymail.pressandpublishing |date=28 April 2010 }}, 16 February 2001, ''The Guardian''</ref>
* 2003, October: Actress [[Diana Rigg]] was awarded £30,000 in damages over a story commenting on aspects of her personality.<ref>Ciar Byrne [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/oct/20/associatednewspapers.privacy Rigg wins case against Associated] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113195613/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/oct/20/associatednewspapers.privacy |date=13 January 2011 }}, 20 October 2003, ''The Guardian''</ref>
* 2006, May: Musician  [[Elton John]] received £100,000 damages following false accusations concerning his manners and behaviour.<ref>Jacqueline Maley, [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/25/pressandpublishing.media Elton John gets £100,000 for Daily Mail libel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603125943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/may/25/pressandpublishing.media|date=3 June 2012}}, 25 May 2006, ''[[The Guardian]]''<!--accessed 31-August-2009--></ref>
* 2009, January: £30,000 award to Austen Ivereigh, who had worked for [[Cormac Murphy-O'Connor|Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor]], following false accusations made by the newspaper concerning abortion.<ref>Oliver Luft and agencies, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jan/29/daily-mail-libel-catholic-abortion Daily Mail pays out after alleging former Catholic PR man was hypocrite] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201135452/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/29/daily-mail-libel-catholic-abortion|date=1 February 2009}}, 29 January 2009, ''The Guardian''<!--accessed 31-August-2009--></ref>
* 2010, July: £47,500 award to Parameswaran Subramanyam for falsely claiming that he secretly sustained himself with hamburgers during a 23-day hunger strike in Parliament Square to draw attention to the [[protests against the Sri Lankan Civil War]] in 2009.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jul/29/daily-mail-sun-parameswaran-subramanyam Daily Mail and Sun pay out to Tamil hunger striker] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709140327/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jul/29/daily-mail-sun-parameswaran-subramanyam |date=9 July 2013 }}, 29 July 2010, ''The Guardian''</ref>
* 2011, November: the former lifestyle adviser [[Carole Caplin]] received damages over claims in the ''Mail'' that she would reveal intimate details about former clients.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15537612 "Blair adviser Carole Caplin wins Daily Mail libel damages"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303211645/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15537612 |date=3 March 2012 }}, BBC News, 1 November 2011</ref>
* 2014, May: Author [[J. K. Rowling]] received "substantial damages" and the ''Mail'' printed an apology. The newspaper had made a false claim about Rowling's story written for the website of [[Gingerbread (charity)|Gingerbread]], a single parents' charity.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27312080 |title=Daily Mail pays damages to JK Rowling |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=7 May 2014 |access-date=7 May 2014 |archive-date=18 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318014908/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27312080 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2017, April: [[First Lady of the United States]], [[Melania Trump]], received an undisclosed settlement over claims in the ''Mail'' that she had worked as an escort in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39575680|title=Melania Trump wins damages from Daily Mail over 'escort' allegation|date=12 April 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=12 April 2017|archive-date=12 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412100201/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39575680|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2016, she began litigation against the ''Daily Mail'' for an article which discussed escort allegations. The article included rebuttals and said that there was no evidence to support the allegations. The ''Mail'' regretted any misinterpretation that could have come from reading the article, and retracted it from its website.<ref>{{cite news|title=Melania Trump: A retraction|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3769798/Melania-Trump-retraction.html|access-date=9 November 2016|work=Daily Mail|date=1 September 2016|archive-date=9 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109223234/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3769798/Melania-Trump-retraction.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Melania Trump filed a lawsuit in Maryland, suing for $150&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Melania Trump sues Daily Mail and US blogger for $150m over sex worker claims|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37253025|access-date=9 November 2016|work=BBC News|date=2 September 2016|archive-date=10 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110043334/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37253025|url-status=live}}</ref> On 7 February 2017, the lawsuit was re-filed in the correct jurisdiction, New York, where the ''Daily Mail''{{'}}s parent company has offices, seeking damages of at least $150&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 February 2017|title=Melania Trump re-files Daily Mail lawsuit over 'lost business opportunities'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38898530|access-date=9 December 2020|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506234801/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38898530|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2018, June: [[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer|Earl Spencer]] accepted undisclosed libel damages from Associated Newspapers over a claim that he acted in an "unbrotherly, heartless and callous way" towards his sister [[Diana, Princess of Wales]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Lawyer | first=PA Media | title=Earl Spencer wins libel damages from Daily Mail publisher over claim he was 'unbrotherly' towards Princess Diana after her 'marriage collapsed' | website=Press Gazette | date=27 June 2018 | url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/earl-spencer-wins-libel-damages-from-daily-mail-publisher-over-claim-he-was-unbrotherly-towards-princess-diana-after-her-marriage-collapsed/ | access-date=4 October 2021 | archive-date=4 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004132201/https://pressgazette.co.uk/earl-spencer-wins-libel-damages-from-daily-mail-publisher-over-claim-he-was-unbrotherly-towards-princess-diana-after-her-marriage-collapsed/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2019, June: Associated Newspapers paid £120,000 in damages plus costs to [[Interpal]], a UK-based charity which the ''Mail'' falsely accused of funding a "hate festival" in Palestine which acted out the murder of Jews.<ref>{{cite web | last=Weaver | first=Matthew | title=Daily Mail pays charity damages over 'hate festival' allegations | website=The Guardian | date=13 June 2019 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/jun/13/daily-mail-pays-interpal-charity-damages-over-hate-festival-allegations | access-date=4 October 2021 | archive-date=28 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428221914/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/jun/13/daily-mail-pays-interpal-charity-damages-over-hate-festival-allegations | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2020, November: The ''Mail'' agreed to pay libel damages of £25,000 and apologised for distress caused to [[University of Cambridge]] professor [[Priyamvada Gopal]], who they had falsely claimed "was attempting to incite an aggressive and potentially violent race war".<ref>{{cite web | last=Vides | first=Gaby | title=Daily Mail apologies and pays £25,000 in damages to Professor Gopal over "false" racism allegations | website=Varsity Online | date=4 October 2021 | url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/20190 | access-date=4 October 2021 | archive-date=4 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004131508/https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/20190 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2020, December: The ''Mail'' paid businessman [[James Dyson]] and his wife Lady Deirdre Dyson £100,000 in libel damages after suggesting they had behaved badly towards their former housekeeper.<ref>{{cite web | last=Tobitt | first=Charlotte | title=Daily Mail pays out £100,000 to Sir James Dyson over misreporting of row with housekeeper | website=Press Gazette | date=11 December 2020 | url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/daily-mail-pays-out-100000-to-sir-james-dyson-over-misreporting-of-row-with-housekeeper/ | access-date=4 October 2021 | archive-date=9 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109072353/https://pressgazette.co.uk/daily-mail-pays-out-100000-to-sir-james-dyson-over-misreporting-of-row-with-housekeeper/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2021, January: Associated Newspapers paid damages and apologised to a British Pakistani couple about whom they had made false allegations in relation to their work as counter-extremism experts.<ref>{{cite web | last=Shah | first=Murtaza Ali | title=British-Pakistani cage fighter and wife win defamation case in UK – World | website=Geo.tv | date=30 January 2021 | url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/332469-british-pakistani-cagefighter-and-wife-win-defamation-case | access-date=4 October 2021 | archive-date=4 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004131445/https://www.geo.tv/latest/332469-british-pakistani-cagefighter-and-wife-win-defamation-case | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2021, May: Associated Newspapers paid substantial damages and apologised after revealing the identity of a complainant in a rape case against film director [[Luc Besson]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Gentleman | first=Amelia | title=Associated Newspapers pays damages for revealing Sand Van Roy as Luc Besson accuser | website=The Guardian | date=21 May 2021 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/21/associated-newspapers-pays-damages-for-revealing-sand-van-roy-as-luc-besson-accuser | access-date=4 October 2021 | archive-date=10 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010000557/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/21/associated-newspapers-pays-damages-for-revealing-sand-van-roy-as-luc-besson-accuser | url-status=live }}</ref>