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Mr Poroshenko has accepted an apology and “a substantial sum by way of compensation” from the corporation, which has agreed to pay his legal costs and publish a correction, the High Court in London heard on Thursday. The Ukrainian president’s solicitor, Graham Atkins, told judge Julian Knowles the allegation that Mr Poroshenko “procured or authorised a corrupt payment” was “seriously defamatory”. The BBC is to pay considerable damages to Ukraine’s president over false allegations he authorised a corrupt payment to arrange talks with Donald Trump . Petro Poroshenko took legal action after the broadcaster wrongly claimed Michael Cohen , the US president’s former personal lawyer, received a $400,000 (£305,000) payment to help secure "substantial talks" with the US president. The story ran on the BBC’s website and as a headline news item on the News At Ten on 23 May last year. Reference Post:  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/bbc-ukraine-poroshenko-trump-michael-cohen-...

Who?  Graham Atkins, 46, founding partner of media specialists Atkins Thomson.Why is he in the news? Represented psychic Sally Morgan in her successful libel action against the publisher of the  Daily Mail . The newspaper had accused her of using a hidden earpiece during a Dublin show to receive instructions from her team which she then repeated on stage. The newspaper accepted this was untrue and settled for £125,000 just prior to trial – one of the largest ever pre-action awards. Thoughts on the case:  ‘As a psychic, you will always get sceptics and people questioning your integrity, but that is far from a newspaper with enormous circulation saying you have cheated, which can ruin your reputation entirely. The allegation came from a radio phone-in when two ladies said they heard instructions through an open window at the rear of the theatre being repeated on stage. But there was no proof despite the Mail spending 18 months trying to uncover evidence.’ Dealing with the m...