McLibel Two Win Legal Aid Case
Tuesday, February 15
- Organization: Guardian Unlimited
- Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk
This article discusses an important European right to counsel case. Europe's highest court ruled on February 15, 2005 that two campaigners known as the 'McLibel Two' should have been given legal aid by the British government to defend themselves against a libel action by the food giant McDonalds. See also the press release at: http://press.coe.int/cp/2005/069a(2005).htm.
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