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McDonald's Corporation v Steel & Morris [1997] EWHC 366 (QB), known as "the McLibel case ", was an English lawsuit for libel filed by McDonald's Corporation against environmental activists Helen Steel and David Morris (often referred to as "The McLibel Two") over a factsheet critical of the company.
This is the official, full-length (81 min) version of our 2005 documentary, McLibel. This film was made completely independently (no studio/broadcaster backing) over four long years. We're a tiny...
The McLibel Trial is the infamous British court case between McDonald's and a former postman & a gardener from London (Helen Steel and Dave Morris). It ran for two and a half years and became the longest ever English trial.
Feb 15, 2005 · On 13 March 1995 McLibel became the longest ever British libel trial. On 11 December 1995 it became the longest civil case (as opposed to criminal) in British history. On 1 November...
McLibel (also known as McLibel: Two People Who Wouldn't Say Sorry) is a British documentary film directed by Franny Armstrong and Ken Loach for Spanner Films about the McLibel case. The film was first completed in 1997 as a 52-minute television version after the conclusion of the original McLibel trial.
McDonald’s brought a successful libel case against two environmental activists, Helen Steel and David Morris, who could not afford a lawyer at the time of the trial. The European court found that the UK’s refusal to grant legal aid to Helen and David caused a breach of their rights.
The McLibel case concerned a factsheet written by ‘London Greenpeace’ (a group which was founded in the 1970s, predating and distinct from the more famous environmental campaign group, Greenpeace) entitled ‘What’s Wrong with McDonald’s? Everything that you don’t want to know.’.
