Talk about putting the boot in
Peter Carter-Ruck is dead; old enemies ignore obituary rules to slag him off.
You should read the entire article, but perhaps the sub-heading and attribution will tempt you:
The man who created the modern libel industry was a dedicated liar and a reactionary with a lust for cash.
The libel lawyer Peter Carter-Ruck, who died on Friday, had a chilling effect on the media. He was a chancer, out for the maximum fee. And he did for freedom of speech what the Boston Strangler did for door-to-door salesmen.
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David Hooper is a media lawyer and was a partner of Peter Carter-Ruck
Boggle. Private Eye famously called him Peter Carter-Fuck (perhaps not one of their wittiest coinings, but effective nonetheless). And, despite all of this, do the reading, read the rest of the coverage. But still: I think I’m glad that libel law is now without someone like him.