Ugly Memoirist Wins Libel Suit Brought By Her Mother

“The mother of a prominent barrister faces a legal bill of £500,000 after losing a High Court libel action against her daughter over allegations of abuse in Ugly, the bestselling memoir. … The verdict is both a triumph and a relief for [author Constance] Briscoe, a criminal barrister and one of Britain’s first black part-time judges. Her career was at stake had she lost.”