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17.1
Introduction - Coggle Diagram
17.1
Introduction
Defamation Act 2013
Act described as turning 'English libel laws from an international laughing stock to an international blueprint'
Introduced wide-ranging reforms, including:
- seriousness threshold
- 'new' statutory defences of responsible publication on matters of public interest
- truth (replacing common law defence of justification)
- honest opinion (replacing common law defence of honest comment)
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EXAMPLES:
A national newspaper suggest a well-known figure has 'cynically' tried to manipulate public opinion following a very public falling out with his family
A newly married TV presenter is revealed live on-air by her co-presenter as having had an affair with her dance partner while filming a TV show
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A presenter on BBC Radio's Test Match Special accuses an England cricketer of fixing matches in return for significant sums of money
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