{"id":65215,"date":"2022-08-02T11:16:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T08:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=65215"},"modified":"2025-09-06T18:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:45:41","slug":"court-awards-craig-wright-1-in-libel-case-against-peter-mccormack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/court-awards-craig-wright-1-in-libel-case-against-peter-mccormack\/","title":{"rendered":"Court awards Craig Wright \u00a31 in libel case against Peter McCormack"},"content":{"rendered":"

The self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Craig Wright, won the case against the Bitcoin podcast host Peter McCormack. The High Court of the United Kingdom \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0438\u043b<\/a> \u0432\u044b\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0435\u043d\u0441\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044e \u0432 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0435 \u00a31, \u0443\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0432 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 ‘deliberately false statements’.<\/p>\n

According to the verdict, Wright would be ‘unduly’ entitled to receive more than a symbolic amount, since his arguments guaranteed ‘more than a direct diminution’ of the harm. The evidence he presented was ‘not simply inadequate or incorrectly explained’, but also false.<\/p>\n

The court found that McCormack’s tweets about Wright caused serious damage to the latter.<\/p>\n

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According to documents, Wright asserted that he had not been invited to various scientific conferences. McCormack, in turn, presented evidence from event organisers that the claimant’s assertions were not accurate.<\/p>\n

Judge Martin Chamberlain also disagreed with Wright about the grounds for amending the claim. The latter withdrew a substantial number of his arguments, citing the inadvertent nature of the inaccuracies.<\/p>\n

The defendant expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the proceedings.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are very pleased with the judge’s findings,\u201d<\/em> \u2014 said he.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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As some of you will now have seen, the judgement in my trial v Dr. Craig Wright has now been handed down.<\/p>\n

I want to thank my lawyers for their diligent work on the case.<\/p>\n

I also want to thank Mr Justice Chamberlain for this result. We are very pleased with his findings.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Pedro \u2620\ufe0f (@PeterMcCormack) August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n