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  2. English defamation law - Wikipedia

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    A claim of defamation is defeated if the defendant proves on the balance of probabilities that the statement was true. If the defence fails, a court may treat any material produced by the defence to substantiate it, and any ensuing media coverage, as factors aggravating the libel and increasing the damages.

  3. Defamation Act 2013 - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Small claims court - Wikipedia

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    The "small claims court" is an informal name for the District Court when operating under its Small Claims Procedure court rules. [72] The Courts of Conscience of boroughs in the Republic of Ireland were superseded under the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 by the District Court, which operates throughout the state. [ 73 ]

  5. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ...

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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.

  6. Defamation Act 1996 - Wikipedia

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    Section 20(2) was repealed as to England and Wales by section 178 of, and Part 2 of Schedule 23 to, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.Section 20(2) was repealed as to Scotland by paragraph 64 of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010.

  7. Why is a celebrity personal-finance guru suing Facebook? - AOL

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    Martin Lewis is a British journalist, TV presenter and Ralph Nader-esque campaigner who has announced that he will sue Facebook for defamation. The consumer champion has seen his face co-opted by ...

  8. Absolute privilege in English law - Wikipedia

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    Absolute privilege is a complete defence to an action for defamation in English law.If the defence of absolute privilege applies it is irrelevant that a defendant has acted with malice, knew information was false or acted solely to damage the reputation of the plaintiff. [1]

  9. Keith-Smith v Williams - Wikipedia

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    Keith-Smith v Williams is a 2006 English libel case that confirmed that existing libel laws applied to internet discussion. [1]It was important because it was seen as the first UK internet libel case that represented two individuals rather than one party being an Internet Service Provider, [2] and was the first British case involving a successful prosecution of an individual poster within a ...

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