Documents on the Fight for Real History
 David Irving[Photo outside the High Court a few minutes after the jury announces its verdict]
The PQ.l7 Libel Action, 1970
Captain J E Broome, vs. Cassell & Co Ltd and David Irving
| In the High Court, London |
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 Captain J E Broome, DSO, RN, the escort commander in this 1942 North Russian convoy disaster, sued David Irving in libel after the publication by Cassell and Co. Ltd. of this book in October 1968. The case came to trial in February 1970, and after seventeen days the Jury awarded Broome what was then one of the largest sums of damages, including punitive damages, in history. |
Index
- In a private April 1968 letter David Irving relates some of the trial’s background
- October 6, 1968 to The Sunday Times about Disobedience in Convoy PQ.17
- David Irving writes to a director of Cassell & Co, February 24, 1969 refuting smear-stories carried in The Daily Mail and Private Eye
- Refuting Lies about THE DESTRUCTION OF CONVOY PQ.17
- David Irving, memo, January 22, 1970: “Information for Counsel on my Background”
- David Irving Explains and Defends Interview Techniques, January 23, 1970
- David Irving memo, January 27, 1970, refuting the 1959 Daily Mail “self-confessed mild fascist” smear
- David Irving replies, February 24, 1970 to letters from historians, admirals, and the public commenting on the damages award
- Private Eye’s scathing comment on Judge Lawton’s Summing Up, published February 27, 1970
- David Irving reader’s letter about the crucial July 4, 1942 Admiralty Board meeting
- Why Judge Rodger Winn was not a fan of David Irving
- How the brothers Winn set up Captain Jack Broome to Sue: David Irving to his Solicitor, January 12, 1971
- David Irving: a Note for his Defence Counsel, February 1, 1971 correcting courtroom falsehoods of the Plaintiff’s Counsel
- David Irving writes a letter of thanks and consolation to his Counsel, February 21, 1970
- David Irving writes a feature article on the trial and its origins; the article is not permitted to appear (in 1970)
- Private Eye published on Feb 27, 1970 a memorable skit on Mr Justice Lawton’s summing-up
- Lawton’s Mosleyite (British Union of Fascists) years
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