Actor Hartnett wins payout over sex claims - Graham Atkins Solicitor Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett accepted £20,000 libel damages today over newspaper allegations that he indulged in "steamy shenanigans" with a mystery woman at a London hotel and that they were caught on CCTV. Hartnett, 30, who is appearing in the West End in a production of Rain Man, is to donate the money to a variety of charities. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/actor-hartnett-wins-payout-over-sex-claims-1061968.html

Kate Beckinsale wins libel award - Graham Atkins Solicitor The 35-year-old star of films like "Pearl Harbor," "Underworld" and "Van Helsing" was not in court for the settlement of her action against Express Newspapers, the Press Association reported. Her solicitor, Graham Atkins, told Mr Justice Eady that the story in the Express last month was entirely false and had caused considerable embarrassment and harm. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-beckinsale-idUKTRE5682BF20090709/

Kate Beckinsale accepts libel payout - Graham Atkins Solicitor The actress Kate Beckinsale accepted £20,000 libel damages from Express Newspapers yesterday over a claim that she had been passed over for her dream role as Barbarella. Her solicitor, Graham Atkins, told Mr Justice Eady at the High Court in London that the story in the Daily Express last month was entirely false and had caused considerable embarrassment and harm. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/kate-beckinsale-accepts-libel-payout-1740218.html

Daily Express makes £20,000 libel payout to Kate Beckinsale - Graham Atkins Solicitor Graham Atkins, solicitor for the British film star from London law firm Atkins Thomson, told Mr Justice Eady in the high court in London today that Express Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Express, had agreed to pay damages and legal costs as the "false" article caused Beckinsale considerable embarrassment and harm. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jul/09/daily-express-kate-beckinsale

Mail pays for violating Blairs' privacy - Graham Atkins Solicitor Tony Blair and his wife Cherie have won substantial damages for infringement of privacy from Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Evening Standard. They took action over long-lens photographs published in the Daily Mail taken in "secluded and private places" when they were on holiday at Sir Cliff Richard's villa in Barbados. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/23/privacy.dailymail