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Private Eye had covered the case of a Mr J. Arkell, whom the Eye accused of receiving kickbacks from a debt collection agency in his role as retail credit manager at Granada Group. [8] [9] The plaintiff's lawyers wrote a letter which concluded "His attitude to damages will be governed by the nature of your reply." The magazine's response was ...
Private Eye has long been known for attracting libel lawsuits, which in English law can lead to the award of damages relatively easily. The publication maintains a large quantity of money as a "fighting fund" (although the magazine frequently finds other ways to defuse legal tensions, for example by printing letters from aggrieved parties).
A sub-section of the letters page devoted to pedantic corrections of or additions to previous articles or readers' letters. Under its previous title, 'Pedants Corner', this included several letters on the use of the apostrophe in "Pedants'", which has variously appeared as "Pedants", "Pedant's" or "Ped'ants Corner". It was renamed "Pedantry ...
Similarly re: Arkell vs. Pressdram, the following appears in the parent Private Eye article: An unlikely piece of British legal history occurred in the case Arkell v. Pressdram. Pressdram. The plaintiff was the subject of an article relating to illicit payments, and the magazine had ample evidence to back up the article.
The international distribution company Glass House Distribution has acquired the worldwide rights to “The Private Eye,” a mystery, comedy and romance. The film was written and directed by Jack ...
It's easy to romanticize being a private eye. We've all got that image of Dick Tracy in our minds (or Jim Rockford, or Philip Marlowe), suffusing the career with a bit of Old Hollywood intrigue ...
Private Eye often reports on the misdeeds of powerful and important individuals and, consequently, has received numerous libel writs throughout its history. These include three issued by James Goldsmith (known in the magazine as "(Sir) Jammy Fishpaste" and "Jonah Jammy fingers") and several by Robert Maxwell (known as "Captain Bob"), one of which resulted in the award of costs and reported ...
Dear Bill: The collected letters of Denis Thatcher. Private Eye Productions. ISBN 0-233-97303-6. (Letters from 18 May 1979 – 25 April 1980) Richard Ingrams and John Wells, ill. by George Adamson (1981). The Other Half: Further letters of Denis Thatcher. Private Eye Productions. ISBN 0-233-97420-2. (Letters from 9 May 1980 – 24 April 1981)