Arron Banks loses libel claim against journalist Carole Cadwalladr

Carole Cadwalladr’s lawyer had argued the case was an attempt to silence the journalist’s reporting on ‘matters of the highest public interest’. Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/Shutterstock

Businessman and prominent Brexit supporter Arron Banks has lost a High Court libel claim against investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr.

Mr Banks, a major donor to the Leave.EU campaign in the run-up to the 2016 referendum, sued Ms Cadwalladr for libel over a statement she made in a TED Talk and a tweet she later posted which included a link to the talk.