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Those who have been on this list for a while (and so remember the debate which started on 22 Nov 1999) will be delighted to hear that Mr Archer's restitutionary difficulties have been resolved without the need for litigation.

This is fortunate, as we are now no nearer than we were in 1999 to stating what the 'unjust' factor in the case is. Like the factor in the 'swaps' cases, it remains a mystery wrapped inside an enigma.

Whether this inability of the 'unjust factors' to align intelligibly with the real world should be blamed on the weaknesses of the factors, or on the perversity of the world itself, remains controversial.

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ARCHER 'TO PAY' SUED NEWSPAPERS £3m
Sunday, 4 August, 2002, 05:53 GMT 06:53
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2171185.stm

Jeffrey Archer has reportedly agreed to pay more than £3m to two newspapers he successfully sued in a libel case that led to him being jailed for perjury.

The Star and News of the World had accused the multi-millionaire novelist and Tory peer of paying Monica Coghlan £70 for sex.

But Archer has since been jailed for four years for lying during the 1987 libel trial.

And the former Tory party deputy has now instructed his lawyers to return damages and costs to the newspapers with substantial interest, according to The Sunday Telegraph.

The newspaper says Archer's solicitors, Mishcon de Reya, are preparing to pay The Star about £2.8m.

He was awarded then-record damages of £500,000 from the paper in 1987.

But an hour after the disgraced peer was jailed, owners Express Newspapers served him a writ alleging fraud to recoup the money along with costs, interest and the legal costs of their recovery.

Archer has also returned £50,000 damages, £70,000 costs and £242,000 interest to the News of the World, The Sunday Telegraph says.

BOOK DEAL

Legal manager Tom Crone reportedly told the paper he "has repaid us all the money".

Two weeks ago Archer's attempt to challenge his conviction and sentence failed.

Believed to be worth up to £60m, he has signed a £11m deal with HarperCollins for the global rights to his next three novels and a collection of short stories, according to The Sunday Telegraph.

But, it adds, he is currently earning £8.40 a week as a medical orderly at North Sea Camp prison in Lincolnshire.

Steve Hedley

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