A Northern Ireland restaurant critic who shat mightily on Belfast's Goodfellas Restaurant and Pizzeria lost a libel lawsuit in a jury trial. The Irish News wants that verdict overturned.
"This issue transcends this jurisdiction. I believe the importance of this judgment will be across the common law world," said (the newspaper's lawyer).
Lord Lester added that the case could easily have been about a review written by a theatre or film critic.
It would be a "perfectly ludicrous situation" if libel proceedings were used every time a critic wrote a bad review, he said.