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As Johnny Depp and Amber Heard return to court, there will be no winners as social media and the court of public opinion continues to dominate.

Warring accusations of violence and cruelty and high standard for defamation make the trial a muddled affair

Trial will resume on 16 May after one-week hiatus

Proceedings began on 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia

As Depp’s $50m defamation lawsuit plays out in court in Virginia, Clémence Michallon looks at the former couple’s legal history

David Sherborne has a history of representing the rich and famous in high-profile libel cases

When I was a schoolboy, there was nothing I enjoyed more than exaggerating a mild sniffle, sloping off school and settling down to another riveting episode of the fictional daytime Granada TV trial, Crown Court. It taught me the thrill and jeopardy of a courtroom drama early. Let’s call it…

In 2018, Amber Heard wrote about ‘culture’s wrath’ for women who speak out about sexual violence. More than three years later, that wrath is playing out both within and outside of the courtroom, writes Rachel Sharp

Closing arguments scheduled for 27 May