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European Court: McLibel 2 take case to Strasbourg

01 August 2004

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Helen Steele and David Morris, who are known as the McLibel 2 after they were sued by the US-based McDonald's fast food chain in 1990, have asked the European Court of Human Rights to consider whether the trial breached their right to a fair trial and freedom of expression. The McLibel 2 were accused by the corporation of handing out leaflets criticising McDonald's and were forced to defend themselves in the longest trial in English legal history, (lasting 313 days).

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