The general secretary of the University and College Union has agreed to pay a trade union activist and broadcaster “substantial” damages after being accused of libelling him during a row on Twitter.
Paul Embery sued Jo Grady over comments she made on social media in August 2022, which he said “portrayed him as a misogynist, a pervert and a liar”.
Mr Embery, a former official of the Fire Brigades Union, was travelling on a train with his children from London to Norwich when he was disturbed by a group of women who were “consuming alcohol and behaving in a loud and obnoxious manner”, his solicitor, Tom Double, told a hearing in London’s High Court of Justice.
He asked the women not to swear but was met with “hostility and abuse”, so Mr Embery found the train guard, who asked the group to reduce the noise level, Mr Double continued.
