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The Act changed a number of defamation procedures. All defamation cases under the Senior Courts Act 1981 in the Queens Bench Division, and the County Courts Act 1984, which were "tried with a jury" unless the trial requires prolonged examination of documents, are now "tried without a jury", unless the court orders otherwise.
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Tort law, Defamation, Defamation Act 2013: The court ruled that section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013 imposed a new threshold over the common law interpretation of defamation, being that the harm caused had to be serious. It was found that the damage to reputation of the individual in this case did not cause serious harm.
The subsequent case of Jameel v Wall Street Journal Europe [1] affirmed the defence, which was subsequently raised successfully in several defamation proceedings. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The defence was abolished by s4(6) Defamation Act 2013 , being replaced with the statutory defence of publication on a matter of public interest.
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Instead the Defamation Act 2013 (which came into force on 1 January 2014 [181]) reformed libel law to allow new defences and introduce a requirement for claimants to show that they have suffered serious harm. [182] The intention behind the reform was to make it harder to bring libel suits in Britain. [183]