By Michael Cross2021-03-02T15:50:00+00:00
Business owners who accused a senior solicitor with the Environment Agency of initiating a ‘vindictive’ prosecution and being willing to go to any length to gain a conviction whether fair or not have agreed to apologise and pay damages following a defamation action. Dylan Sadler, a prosecutor with the agency took action against the owners and operators of the Plants Galore garden centres in Devon after they posted a press release online following convictions for operating an unlicensed waste site.
Sadler sued, describing the allegations were false, defamatory and without foundation. In
Sadler v Joyner & Anor the High Court found for the claimant. Mr Richard Spearman QC ruled that the statement set out a litany of extremely serious complaints about the conduct of the EA in general and the claimant in particular and questioned his suitability to occupy his position as a solicitor.
Plants Galore firm pays out after legal case over regrettable online rant
Former Plymouth City Council solicitor Dylan Sadler was slated on the Plants Galore website, but the firm has now had to admit defamation and pay compensation and court costs
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An Environment Agency solicitor has successfully sued the firm which owns garden centre Plants Galore after he was falsely accused of serious professional misconduct .