Michael Keith Smith

Michael Keith Smith (1953 – 3 July 2010),[1] was the founder-chairman of the Conservative Democratic Alliance, a British right-wing pressure group.[2] He was also the successful claimant in Keith-Smith v Williams, a landmark English libel case in 2006 that confirmed that existing libel laws applied to internet discussion.[3] Smith died after jumping from the keep at Portchester Castle on 3 July 2010.[1]

  1. ^ a b Tributes paid to political figure discovered dead Archived 10 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Chris Broom, The News, 7 July 2010
  2. ^ Tory expelled over rival election plan, by Marie Woolf, The Independent, 18 May 2002
  3. ^ Warning to chatroom users after libel award for man labelled a Nazi, Owen Gibson, 23 March 2006, The Guardian