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An award of £25,000 damages for libel against a newspaper for a review by their restaurant critic was overturned by the Court of Appeal in Belfast this week.

The court ordered a retrial as they said the jury had been misdirected, with confusion between fact and comment in the article in the Irish News, which criticised the food, drink, staff and smoky atmosphere at Goodfellas restaurant.

This decision is seen as good news, not just for restaurant critics but other reviewers as well.

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