Editing Daily Mail (section)

===Unsuccessful lawsuits===
* 1981, April: The ''Daily Mail'' won £750,000 from the [[Unification Church]], which had sued for libel due to articles about the Church's recruitment methods. [[Margaret Singer]], professor of psychiatry at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], testified that the ''Mail''{{'}}s accounts of these methods were accurate. The trial lasted over five months, one of Britain's longest-ever civil trials.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Borders|first1=William|title=Moon'a Sect Loses Libel Suit in London|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/01/world/moon-s-sect-loses-libel-suit-in-london.html|access-date=27 December 2015|work=The New York Times|date=1 November 1981|url-access=limited|archive-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105231914/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/01/world/moon-s-sect-loses-libel-suit-in-london.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2012, February: [[Nathaniel Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild|Nathaniel Rothschild]] lost his libel case against the ''Daily Mail'', after the High Court agreed that he was indeed the "Puppet Master" for [[Peter Mandelson]], that his conduct had been "inappropriate in a number of respects" and that the words used by the ''Daily Mail'' were "substantially true".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rothschild-loses-libel-case-and-reveals-secret-world-of-money-and-politics-6720015.html | work=The Independent | first=Tom | last=Peck | title=Rothschild loses libel case, and reveals secret world of money and politics | date=11 February 2012 | location=London | access-date=26 August 2017 | archive-date=15 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915003253/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rothschild-loses-libel-case-and-reveals-secret-world-of-money-and-politics-6720015.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9073717/Nathaniel-Rothschild-loses-High-Court-libel-battle.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9073717/Nathaniel-Rothschild-loses-High-Court-libel-battle.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Victoria | last=Ward | title=Nathaniel Rothschild loses High Court libel battle | date=10 February 2012 | location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* 2012, May: Carina Trimingham, the partner of former [[Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change]] [[Chris Huhne]], was ordered to pay more than £400,000 after she lost her High Court claims for damages for alleged breach of privacy and harassment against the ''Daily Mail''.<ref name="Trimingham400k">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/may/24/carina-trimingham-privacy-case-daily-mail | work=The Guardian | first=Ben | last=Dowell | title=Carina Trimingham loses privacy case against Daily Mail | date=24 May 2012 | location=London | access-date=11 December 2016 | archive-date=21 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221110600/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/may/24/carina-trimingham-privacy-case-daily-mail | url-status=live }}</ref> Huhne, whilst married, had an affair with Trimingham – who herself was in a lesbian civil partnership – and then later left his wife [[Vicky Pryce]] for Trimingham. This and a series of other events involving Pryce and Huhne led to his resignation from the [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|Cabinet]], and to both of them being arrested for [[perverting the course of justice]] and the criminal prosecution ''[[R v Huhne and Pryce]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2095886/Chris-Huhne-resigns-speeding-points-Minister-ex-wife-Vicky-Price-court.html | work=Daily Mail | first=James | last=Chapman | title=Huhne pays for his infidelity: Minister's career in ruins as feud with ex-wife lands them both in court over speeding points | location=London | date=3 February 2012 | access-date=3 December 2018 | archive-date=15 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815041933/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2095886/Chris-Huhne-resigns-speeding-points-Minister-ex-wife-Vicky-Price-court.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2021: Former US congress representative [[Katie Hill]] was judicially ordered to reimburse the ''Daily Mail'' and others $220,000 for legal fees incurred defending themselves against baseless revenge porn claims raised by Hill.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-02/katie-hill-attorneys-fees-revenge-porn|title=Katie Hill ordered to pay $220,000 in attorneys' fees in revenge porn case|date=3 June 2021|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=5 June 2021|archive-date=5 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605131920/https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-02/katie-hill-attorneys-fees-revenge-porn|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/katie-hill-ordered-to-pay-220000-in-lawyer-fees-in-revenge-porn-suit-report|title=Katie Hill ordered to pay $220,000 in lawyer fees in revenge porn suit: report|first=Edmund|last=DeMarche|date=3 June 2021|work=Fox News|access-date=5 June 2021|archive-date=5 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605131919/https://www.foxnews.com/media/katie-hill-ordered-to-pay-220000-in-lawyer-fees-in-revenge-porn-suit-report|url-status=live}}</ref>