
A deep dive into the historic 1997–2005 libel lawsuit, wherein fast-food conglomerate McDonald's sued environmental activists Helen Steel and David Morris over a critical factsheet. It became the longest trial in English legal history and a major free-speech PR disaster for the corporation.

Helen Steel

Dave Morris

Bruce Alexander

Pip Donaghy

Ian Flintoff

Oliver Ford Davies

Richard Hope

William Hope

Linda McGuire

Nick Miles

Fred Pearson

Malcolm Tierney

Anita Anand

Peter Armstrong

Chris Brierley

Rhona Cameron

Wilson Haagens

Frank Hutson

Simon O'Brien

Alfie Thomas

Louise Wallis

T. Colin Campbell

Fran Tiller

Keir Starmer

Eric Schlosser

Stephen Gardner

Paul Preston

Sue Dibb

Geoffrey Giuliano

Charles Secrett

Charles O'Leary

Sarah Inglis

Dan Gallin

Howard Lyman