Richard Millett

Richard Millett    (solicitor, journalist, blogger)
Alma mater	Leeds University, SOAS
Operations Manager In office February 2020 - Present Employer UKLFI

Richard Millett is a British solicitor, journalist and blogger. He has a Law degree from Leeds University and a Masters in Near and Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS followed by a diploma at the London School of Journalism.

RichardMillett's Blog

In May 2009 Richard Millett set up a blog in order to cover anti-Israel events across university campuses, charities, a range of NGOs and in Parliament. By March 2019, when the last entry was posted, the blog had helped document the rise in antisemitic discourse that has been seen over the ten-year period.

UKLFI

In February 2020, upon his appointment as Operations Manager at UK Lawyers for Israel, Richard Millett said:

“I am delighted to work for UKLFI, an organisation that is hugely important in combating the anti-Israel and antisemitic narrative that has taken hold in certain sectors of British society.

"I hope to help contribute to the support that Jewish students and the Jewish community as a whole might need at certain times as well as challenging boycotts against Israel and Israelis and stopping funding to terror organisations.”

Suing Jeremy Corbyn

On 26 September 2022, Mr Justice Nicklin approved a consent order recording the settlement of the libel action brought by Richard Millett against Jeremy Corbyn MP arising out of statement made by Mr Corbyn during an interview on "The Andrew Marr Show" on 23 Sept 2018.

The claim has been discontinued with no order as to costs. The trial of the action had been due to begin on Monday 10 October 2022 before the same judge and was scheduled for 3 weeks.

Mark Henderson acted for Mr Corbyn, instructed by Martin Howe of Howe & Co, throughout the proceedings. The parties released the following statement:

“The libel claim brought by Richard Millett against the Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP has been settled. Mr Corbyn has paid no damages, has made no apology and has given no undertakings concerning repetition of the words complained of.

"No costs have been paid by either party to the other as part of this settlement save in respect of an outstanding Order of the Court of Appeal from April 2021.

"Neither party will be making any other comment about the case.”

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