Premiership: Alan Sugar 'miser' comment 'was valid opinion'

A newspaper which called Sir Alan Sugar miserly in his stewardship of Tottenham Hotspur FC was an honestly expressed view based on fact, the High Court has heard.

Victoria Sharp, counsel for the Daily Mail which is fighting Sir Alan's libel action over a December 1999 story, said that journalist Jeff Powell was entitled to comment on the state of affairs at the club.