Withers has won a High Court defamation battle for client Justine McGuinness, a former PR adviser of Gerry and Kate McCann, parents of Madeleine McCann.

McGuinness was represented by Withers counsel Amber Melville-Brown in her case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), after allegations were made in a front-page article in The People claiming that that McGuinness overcharged expenses from the ‘Find Madeleine Fund’ and was forced to resign.