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LIFE AFTER DEBT
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Neil Hamilton stood outside his 1.25 million home this week and
told how he likes to drink champagne at Claridge's. Yet, in May, he
was declared bankrupt. He is not the only one to have thrived after
going bust, discovers David Rowan
IT'S the hottest celebrity accessory of the summer - and for those
lucky enough to have one it brings champagne soires at Claridge's,
shopping binges on the King's Road and new careers in music, film or
books. Neil Hamilton's got one, Greg Martin was give...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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LIFE AFTER DEBT.
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: DAVID ROWAN Neil Hamilton stood outside his [pound]1.25 million home this week and told how he likes to drink champagne at Claridge's. Yet, in May, he was declared bankrupt. He is not the only one to have thrived after going bust, discovers David Rowan IT'S the hottest celebrity accessory
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Man jailed over Aldington libel
The Independent - London
; Nigel Watts, a defendant in Lord Aldington's record pounds 1.5m libel victory over allegations that he was a war criminal, was jailed for 18 months yesterday for repeating the libel. As Watts, 56, was led off by High Court tipstaffs to begin his sentence in Pentonville prison, north London, his
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Lord Aldington, Tolstoy libel case victor, dies at 86
The Independent - London
; LORD ALDINGTON, who won pounds 1.5m in a celebrated libel case victory over Count Nikolai Tolstoy, died yesterday without collecting the record damages. The peer, who was blind and had been suffering from cancer, died near his home in Kent. He was 86. He won the libel case in 1989 after the Count
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Move to outlaw anonymous donor cash in libel cases
Evening Standard - London
; THE GOVERNMENT moved today to indicate its unease over the funding of libel actions by anonymous donors as the prospect loomed of legal skirmishing between Mohamed Fayed and Neil Hamilton's supporters, including a prominent Tory peer. The Lord Chancellor's department signalled speedy action,
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Libel victor died waiting for payout.
The Birmingham Post (England)
; The victor in one of Britain's most celebrated libel cases died yesterday at the age of 86 having still not succeeded in collecting his record damages. Lord Aldington, who was blind and suffering from cancer towards the end of his life, was awarded pounds 1.5 million in 1989 over claims by
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A lesson from Neil Hamilton: love thy enemies
The Independent - London
; DURING ONE of those unlikely moments that occur at this time of the year, I was at a literary party, talking to Neil Hamilton. As he sounded off about this and that, an eminent contemporary novelist - let's call her "Bernice" - recognised him. "What are you doing here?" she asked, glaring up at
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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A lesson from Neil Hamilton: love thy enemies.(Comment)
The Independent (London, England)
; DURING ONE of those unlikely moments that occur at this time of the year, I was at a literary party, talking to Neil Hamilton. As he sounded off about this and that, an eminent contemporary novelist - let's call her Bernice - recognised him. What are you doing here? she asked, glaring up at him.
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Law Report: Libel settlement not full release
The Independent - London
; An agreement whereby the plaintiff in a libel action, having won substantial damages against two defendants, accepted, subject to certain conditions, a much smaller sum of money from one of the defendants in "full and final settlement of the judgment", did not amount to a release of all the
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Tolstoy argues UK courts denied him record libel appeal
The Independent - London
; Count Nikolai Tolstoy, who was bankrupted by record libel damages awarded to the former Conservative Party deputy chairman Lord Aldington, yesterday told the European Court of Human Rights the British courts had denied him an appeal. The damages were awarded to compensate Lord Aldington, 80, for a
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Tolstoy: hands off any of my O'Brian cash LONDONERS DIARY
Evening Standard - London
; HISTORIAN COUNT Nikolai Tolstoy has responded to speculation that he may be a beneficiary of Patrick O'Brian's will. "I won't comment on that as it is a family matter," he tells me, "but I was interested to see that Lord Aldington was quoted saying that if I had been left any money he would like to
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