Ed Sheeran: High Court battle was about ‘standing up for what was right’

Ed Sheeran outside the Rolls Building, High Court in central London (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Ed Sheeran has said he and his Shape Of You co-writers went to court to “stand up for what we thought was right” as he spoke for the first time after winning a High Court copyright battle over the song.

The singer, Snow Patrol’s John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon faced accusations that they ripped off 2015 track Oh Why by Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue.