Government consults on draft Defamation Bill
The Government has introduced a draft Defamation Bill and is consulting on it. Amongst the proposed changes to defamation law are the following:
¨ A requirement to show substantial...
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RSSStory in online archives should be amended or removed when ‘responsible journalism’ defence ceases to apply – Flood v Times Newspapers, Court of Appeal
This case involved a defamatory report containing allegations about Flood, a policeman. At the time of the story being published, The Times Newspapers argued that it had a defence called ‘Reynolds privilege’...
