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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.
The common law defence of fair comment in an action for defamation was abolished in England and Wales by the Defamation Act 2013, ...
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. [5]
The defence used in Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd was abolished by the Defamation Act 2013, Section 4 subsection 6. This does not have an effect on the common law defence based on a reciprocity of duty or interest as between the maker of the statement and the recipient. [43] See section 15 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Defamation Act 1996.
Chinese silver producer Silvercorp Metals is withdrawing its appeal of the dismissal of a defamation lawsuit against hedge fund operator Anthion Management, equity research blog AlfredLittle.com ...
In the context of journalism, publication of a story that the journalist reasonably believes to be true "having regard for all the circumstances", even if subsequently found to be untrue, is protected against action for defamation in UK law. [1] In the United Kingdom, the Defamation Act 2013 provides a public interest defence.
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