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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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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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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