Andrew Bridgen Vs Matt Hancock

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]I'm back here, uh with Andrew Bridgen, back in the Royal Courts of Justice.

[00:00:04]What's this case about? This is the uh Hancock's appeal, his third attempt at a strikeout, to stop my uh defamation case against him.

[00:00:14]It's been going on for over 3 years. Um Hancock's very insistent that he can win, but apparently he's he's got no appetite to go to final hearing and face cross-examination.

[00:00:24]And in fact, his barrister today indicated that he might maintain the right to silence uh and and leave the burden of proof to us. Well, the burden of proof that we need to go to final hearing or full hearing is the fact that whether Mr. Hancock was dishonest or