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Modern libel and slander laws in many countries are originally descended from English defamation law.The history of defamation law in England is somewhat obscure; civil actions for damages seem to have been relatively frequent as far back as the Statute of Gloucester in the reign of Edward I (1272–1307). [1]
The Defamation Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 66) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This Act implemented recommendations contained in the Report [3] of the Porter Committee. The recommendation made by the Committee in relation to the rule in Smith v Streatfield [4] was not implemented. [5]
These included deaths in police custody, shootings and fatal traffic incidents as well as allegations that an officer or member of police staff committed a serious criminal offence. Forces could also refer matters voluntarily to the IPCC and the commission could 'call in' any matter where there might have been serious public concern.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is a non-departmental public body in England and Wales, responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales. [1] It replaced the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2018.
The post of commissioner is "accountable to the Home Secretary; to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, and must answer to Londoners and the public nationally." [7] In 2008 and 2011, applicants to the post of commissioner had to be British citizens (in 2008 this was explicitly stated to be because of the role of the commissioner in national security), and be "serving UK chief constables ...
Section 10(5) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 provides: For the purposes of the law of defamation, any such publication as is hereinafter mentioned shall be absolutely privileged, that is to say— (a) the publication of any matter by the Commissioner in making a report to either House of Parliament for the purposes of this Act;
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A statement is a "privileged statement" if the person responsible for its publication could prove it was a publication on matter of public interest, or was a peer-reviewed statement in scientific or academic journal, Defamation Act 1996 reports of court proceedings protected by absolute privilege, or under other reports protected by qualified ...