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