Overview

• Justice Richard Spearman found Adil Raja’s allegations against Brigadier (retd) Rashid Naseer false, baseless and malicious.
• The court awarded £50,000 in damages and about £300,000 in legal costs, totaling a £350,000 liability.
• Raja was ordered to immediately stop publishing the claims and to issue a written apology.
• The judgment described the statements as inflammatory and particularly harmful within the British Pakistani community.
• The court cited credible, consistent evidence from Naseer’s legal team and signaled a precedent for online defamation cases using social media posts as proof.