'McLibel' case resumes

TWO activists sued by McDonald's are returning to court this week in the latest stage of their legal fight against the fast food giant.

Helen Steel and Dave Morris were sued by the US corporation in the so-called 'McLibel' trial over leaflets containing several damaging allegations about the fast food chain in the early 1990s.

The judge, Mr Justice Bell, ruled McDonald's had been libelled and awarded the company £60,000 in damages, reduced to £40,000 on appeal.