| Defamation Bill: Report: House of Lords Paper 86 Session 2012-13 Contributor(s): The Stationery Office (Editor) |
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ISBN: 010849392X ISBN-13: 9780108493928 Publisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO) OUR PRICE: $9.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2012 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Business & Economics | Business Communication - General |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8" W x 11.3" (0.25 lbs) 6 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In this report the Constitution Committee says that the Defamation Bill may not provide publishers with a sufficiently robust and succinct defence against defamation claims on the basis that publication was in the public interest. The Committee question whether clause 4 of the Bill adequately reflects the case law on 'Reynolds privilege', which was established by the Law Lords in 1999 in Reynolds v Times Newspapers. The Committee also considers how the recommendations in the recent report from Lord Justice Leveson on the culture and practices of the press interact with the proposals for reforming defamation law. It says that that the assurance of a genuinely independent and effective regulatory system for the press, together with the creation of a speedy complaints-handling system and inexpensive arbitration, would help underwrite the case for a stronger public interest defence in defamation. The Committee says the House of Lords will want to consider the extent to which the Leveson recommendations would make recourse to the courts unnecessary. The Committee also says that more detail should be included in the Bill about the proposed defence for operators of websites. |