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25th April 2007

The London, UK published magazine Business F1 and its editor Tom Rubython have lost their appeal against a £75,000 award of damages made to Tony Purnell, the former principal of the Jaguar Racing Formula One team.

In April 2005 Business F1 published a story with the headline "Purnell bribed top journalist to puff achievements" which falsely alleged that he had bribed a journalist to inflate his achievements at the Jaguar F1 team.

Purnell was awarded the money in May 2006 but the magazine and Rubython had appealed on the basis that the jury which awarded the damages, at a hearing before Mr Justice Gray at the High Court should have been directed not to include any element for vindication when deciding on the total to award.

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