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zoom-in Media law news from Abbas Media Law Celebrity Big Brother - Biggins’s bisexual comments were not offensive 11 Entertainment supremo Steven D Wright talks to zoom-in 15 Winter 2016 May 2016 Prince Harry steps in to protect new girlfriend Meghan Markle 28 Donald and Melania Trump in the libel courts, as he vows to strengthen US laws  Donald Trump has succeeded in having a defamation claim against him struck out by the High Court in London. Muslim politician Kamran Malik and the Communities United Party were seeking damages over a number of comments, including one that areas of London were so radicalised that the police were afraid. This was said to reflect on Muslims in a particular area of Forest Gate. Unsurprisingly, the comments were found by the Court not to be capable of being the subject of a defamation claim. At the same time, it is reported that Melania Trump has begun defamation proceedings against the Daily Mail in both London and Maryland, US. The article in question referred to her ‘very racy past’, and included the reporting of allegations that Mrs Trump’s former continued on page 32