Irving v Penguin Books Ltd

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Irving v Penguin Books Ltd was a landmark 2000 English libel case in which Holocaust denier David Irving sued historian Deborah Lipstadt and her publisher, resulting in a decisive judgment affirming Irving’s deliberate distortion of historical evidence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English libel case ⓘ
court case ⓘ
defamation lawsuit ⓘ
allegationByDefendants Holocaust denial by David Irving ⓘ
deliberate distortion of historical evidence by David Irving ⓘ
aroseFromPublication Denying the Holocaust ⓘ
bookAuthor Deborah Lipstadt ⓘ
linked to: Deborah E. Lipstadt
bookPublisher Penguin Books Ltd ⓘ
linked to: Penguin Books
claimByPlaintiff alleged libel ⓘ
damage to reputation ⓘ
concerns Holocaust denial ⓘ
academic freedom ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
historical falsification ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfJudgment 2000-04-11 ⓘ
defenceUsed fair comment ⓘ
justification ⓘ
truth ⓘ
hasDefendant Deborah Lipstadt ⓘ
linked to: Deborah E. Lipstadt

Penguin Books Ltd ⓘ
linked to: Penguin Books
hasJudge Mr Justice Gray ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasPlaintiff David Irving ⓘ
heardByCourt High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Queen's Bench Division ⓘ
involvesParty David Irving ⓘ
Deborah Lipstadt ⓘ
linked to: Deborah E. Lipstadt

Penguin Books Ltd ⓘ
linked to: Penguin Books
judgmentFinding David Irving deliberately misrepresented and manipulated historical evidence ⓘ
David Irving was an active Holocaust denier ⓘ
linked to: David Irving

David Irving was an apologist for the Nazi regime ⓘ
David Irving was antisemitic ⓘ
linked to: David Irving

David Irving was racist ⓘ
judgmentResult claim dismissed ⓘ
defendants succeeded ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
legalArea defamation law ⓘ
libel law ⓘ
legalSignificance affirmed the right of historians to characterize Holocaust denial as falsification ⓘ
important case in debates over libel law and free speech in the UK ⓘ
set precedent on burden of proof in English libel cases involving historical scholarship ⓘ
locationOfCourt London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
presidedOverBy Charles Gray ⓘ
relatedTo English defamation reform debates ⓘ
Holocaust denial movement ⓘ
Holocaust historiography ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
year 2000 ⓘ

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Denial → depictsEvent → Irving v Penguin Books Ltd ⓘ
History on Trial → mainSubject → David Irving v Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt ⓘ
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History on Trial → describesEvent → Irving v Penguin Books Ltd and Deborah Lipstadt ⓘ
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David Irving → legalCase → Irving v Penguin Books Ltd and Deborah Lipstadt ⓘ
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Richard Rampton → notableWork → Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt ⓘ
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Denial (2016 film) → depictsEvent → Irving v Penguin Books Ltd and Deborah Lipstadt ⓘ
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