Rahman Lowe Solicitors secure apologies and substantial damages for Nadia Sawalha and Mark Adderley following defamatory articles by the Daily Mail and Metro

Rahman Lowe Solicitors have secured full apologies and substantial damages on behalf of Nadia Sawalha and her husband Mark Adderley following the publication of defamatory articles by Daily Mail Online and Metro Online.

Nadia Sawalha is a well-known television presenter and panellist on ITV’s Loose Women. Her husband, Mark Adderley is a director and producer. He was recently elected as a Councillor in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood in the Croydon local election.

On 30 April 2026, the Daily Mail and Metro Online, both published by Associated Newspapers Ltd published an article under the headline “Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha claims ‘dark forces’ are at work after husband suspended from the Green Party over ‘antisemitic’ YouTube rant”. A further article was published by Metro Online on 8 May 2026 under the headline “Nadia Sawalha hits back at ‘lies’ after Loose Women axe claims”.

The articles falsely alleged that Mr Adderley had shared videos celebrating the ‘courage’ of Hamas and promoted conspiracy theories blaming Jews for the September 11 attacks and the Bondi Beach attack. The articles also suggested that Ms Sawalha endorsed those views.

These allegations are entirely false. Like millions of people around the world, both Mr Adderley and Ms Sawalha hold strong views about Israel and Zionism, however, they have never made statements supporting terrorism or expressed any hatred towards Jewish people.

As part of the settlement, the Daily Mail Online and Metro Online have published full corrections and apologies, acknowledged that the allegations were false, agreed to pay substantial damages to both individuals together with their legal costs, and undertaken not to repeat the allegations.

The following apology has been published by the Daily Mail Online:

“An article “Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha claims ‘dark forces’ are at work after husband suspended from the Green Party over ‘antisemitic’ YouTube rant” (30 April) said that Mark Adderley had shared videos celebrating the ‘courage’ of Hamas as well as conspiracy theories blaming Jews for the September 11 and Bondi Beach attacks. While Mr Adderley does have strong views about Israel and Zionism, he did not make these statements suggesting support for terrorism or hatred of Jews. The article also said that Mr Adderley and his wife, Ms Sawalha, run a YouTube channel, and that Ms Sawalha fully supported her husband, which may have suggested that she endorsed the statements and videos wrongly said to have been shared by him. These allegations were false and we apologise to Mr Adderley and Ms Sawalha for the error and distress caused”.

The following apology has been published by Metro Online:

“An article “Nadia Sawalha hits back at ‘lies’ after Loose Women axe claims” (8 May) said that Mark Adderley had shared videos celebrating the ‘courage’ of Hamas as well as conspiracy theories blaming Jews for the September 11 and Bondi Beach attacks. While Mr Adderley does have strong views about Israel and Zionism, he did not make these statements suggesting support for terrorism or hatred of Jews. The article also said that Mr Adderley and his wife, Ms Sawalha, run a YouTube channel, and that Ms Sawalha fully supported her husband, which may have suggested that she endorsed the statements and videos wrongly said to have been shared by him. These allegations were false and we apologise to Mr Adderley and Ms Sawalha for the error and distress caused”.

Zillur Rahman for Rahman Lowe Solicitors said:

“These were serious and damaging allegations which falsely suggested that our clients supported terrorism and promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories for simply calling out Israeli war crimes, and opposing Zionism. Our clients have consistently opposed racism in all its forms. We are pleased that both publishers have now accepted the falsity of these claims, issued public apologies, and agreed to pay substantial damages.”

Nadia Sawalha and Mark Adderley said:

“We are hugely grateful to Rahman Lowe for winning this very important case for us .

To be wrongfully accused of something as heinous and criminal as celebrating the Hamas atrocities of October 7th was unforgivable and put us and our family in  danger .

This apology and retraction from The Daily Mail is a victory for every person who has stood up against the Genocide and been hounded and smeared for doing so . It proves just how important it is to push back against a legacy media that will go to any lengths to try and destroy lives and reputations with false accusations.

To characterise  criticism of Israel, Netanyahu or Zionism as anti-Semitic is quite simply wrong . Zionism is a political ideology and Netanyahu has an ICC warrant out for his arrest for allegedly committing war crimes and crimes against humanity . To target us and so many others for daring to speak up against these atrocities is shameful .

As ever … Free Palestine

Thank you once again to our lawyers”

15 July 2026

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NOTES TO EDITOR: Rahman Lowe Solicitors is a specialist employment, discrimination, professional discipline and defamation law firm. Our extensive experience of acting in complex high-profile defamation claims  means that we are particularly well placed to advise clients on reputation management, media and privacy issues.

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