Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) and media boutique Russells Solicitors are advising on the a dispute between former Smiths frontman Morrissey and music magazine NME which could see one of the first UK libel cases heard before a jury in recent years.

NME has requested to strike out the libel lawsuit, which was brought against the magazine’s former editor Conor McNicholas and its publisher IPC Media by Morrissey (pictured) four years ago.