{"id":7494,"date":"2019-02-13T18:35:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T18:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/steve-morgan-redrow-founder-wins-case-against-daily-mail\/"},"modified":"2019-02-13T18:35:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T18:35:18","slug":"steve-morgan-redrow-founder-wins-case-against-daily-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/steve-morgan-redrow-founder-wins-case-against-daily-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Morgan: Redrow founder wins case against Daily Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Steve Morgan\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/17FFE\/production\/_105620389_stevemorgan1.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Steve Morgan is the chairman and founder of Flintshire-based Redrow Homes<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A multi-millionaire property developer has successfully sued the Daily Mail newspaper over &#8220;false and defamatory&#8221; claims in an article about him.<\/p>\n<p>The paper has apologised and will make a donation to charity after the High Court found in favour of Redrow Homes chairman and founder Steve Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>An article had accused Mr Morgan, from north Wales, of &#8220;greedy&#8221; practices at the expense of low-income families.<\/p>\n<p>But this &#8220;flew in the face&#8221; of his philanthropic actions, his lawyer said.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-20417319\" class=\"story-body__link\">Profile of Redrow boss Steve Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The action was taken after the Daily Mail article, which appeared in the newspaper and on the MailOnline website in August 2017, claimed Mr Morgan bought properties intended for low-income families at a discounted rate and rented them out for personal gain.<\/p>\n<p>The Mail&#8217;s publisher Associated Newspapers retracted the article and agreed to settle the case, issuing a full apology to Mr Morgan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">PA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    The High Court ruling comes following a hearing in June<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It also agreed to make a &#8220;substantial&#8221; payment to charity in lieu of damages, which will be used to pay for mini-buses at two special needs schools &#8211; Archer&#8217;s Brook in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, and Ysgol Y Gogarth in Llandudno, Conwy.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Mr Morgan said: &#8220;These allegations fly in the face of all that I stand for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Untrue claims<\/h2>\n<p>Following a hearing in June last year, a High Court judge ruled the article conveyed the meaning, to the ordinary reader, that Mr Morgan had &#8220;exploited his position to line his own pockets in a greedy, unethical and morally unacceptable way&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Dando, representing Associated Newspapers, said: &#8220;The defendant acknowledges that these claims about the claimant are untrue, and apologises to the claimant for any distress and embarrassment caused.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-47217530\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image caption Steve Morgan is the chairman and founder of Flintshire-based Redrow Homes A multi-millionaire property developer has successfully sued the Daily Mail newspaper over &#8220;false and defamatory&#8221; claims in an article about him. 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