• Modern libel and slander laws in many countries are originally descended from English defamation law. The history of defamation law in England is somewhat...
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    [additional citation(s) needed] Defamation and related laws can encompass a variety of acts (from general defamation and insult – as applicable to every...
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    follows English law on defamation issues (except in the province of Quebec where private law is derived from French civil law). At common law, defamation covers...
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  • a defamation claim for these statements do not need to prove that the statement caused them actual damages. (See section Defamation per se.) Laws regulating...
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  • a valid concerns notice. Canadian defamation law Defamation Law in the United States English defamation law Tort law in Australia Publication can occur...
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    The Defamation Act 2013 (c 26) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which reformed English defamation law on issues of the right to freedom...
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  • The cyber defamation law (사이버 모욕죄) is a legislation in South Korea which refers to libel or slander that is expressed online, typically via a publicly...
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  • for those accused of making derogatory statements. A critic of English defamation law, journalist Geoffrey Wheatcroft attributes the practice to the introduction...
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    Parliamentary privilege in the United Kingdom (category English defamation law)
    and the Northern Ireland Act 1998. Absolute privilege in English law English defamation law "Parliamentary privilege - Glossary page". UK Parliament....
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    Bray v Ford (category English defamation case law)
    AC 44 is an English defamation law case, which also concerns some principles of conflict of interest relevant for trusts and company law. Mr Bray was...
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    The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, is a New York–based international Jewish non-governmental...
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    Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd (category English defamation case law)
    Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd was a House of Lords case in English defamation law concerning qualified privilege for publication of defamatory statements...
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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...
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    falsehood#England and Wales and Verbal injury. See English defamation law#Justification This section was repealed by the Defamation Act 2013. This section was repealed...
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    Wagatha Christie (category English defamation case law)
    In June 2020, Vardy commenced action in the English High Court to sue Rooney for defamation. Defamation and libel cases are often not brought to the...
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    Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881 (category English defamation law)
    backdrop, two successive select committees were established to look at the law of libel; the first made no report, but the second took on the evidence of...
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    Jameel v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl (category English defamation case law)
    Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl was a House of Lords judgment on English defamation law. The issue was whether the defamatory article was protected by Reynolds...
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    Irving v Penguin Books Ltd (category English defamation case law)
    under English defamation law because Lipstadt's claim that he had deliberately distorted evidence had been shown to be substantially true. English libel...
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  • McLibel case (category English defamation case law)
    all such cases, the media outlets settled and apologised. Under English defamation law at the time, the defendant had to show that each disparaging statement...
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  • In English tort law, there can be no liability in negligence unless the claimant establishes both that they were owed a duty of care by the defendant,...
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  • Empress Bianca (category English defamation law)
    letter indicated that Safra "regarded the book as defamatory". As English defamation law puts the burden of proof on the defendant, Arcadia Books complied...
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  • Internet censorship in the United Kingdom (category Use British English from October 2013)
    use of laws that criminalise publication or possession of certain types of material. These include English defamation law, the Copyright law of the United...
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    of Thorns Defamation means tarnishing the reputation of someone. It is divided into two parts, slander and libel. Slander is spoken defamation and libel...
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    Harmer) established a precedent in English defamation law, as the ruling was interpreted by courts to allow defamation plaintiffs to sue if there was a...
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  • Trespass in English law is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to goods, and trespass to land. Trespass...
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    Liberace v Daily Mirror (category English defamation case law)
    was never his lover. The case was settled out of court in 1986. English defamation law "Liberace's libel victory (From The Argus)". theargus.co.uk. Retrieved...
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  • accidents caused by the defective or dangerous condition of the premises. In English law, occupiers' liability towards visitors is regulated in the Occupiers'...
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  • Bent Coppers (category Law enforcement scandals)
    publication led to a 4-year legal case resulting in a landmark ruling in English defamation law. Following publication, McLagan and Orion were sued for libel by...
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    Media Law 6 WorldCat Bayfield, "Defamation Act 1996" (1996) 140 Solicitors Journal 866 (13 September 1996) Braithwaite, "The United Kingdom Defamation Act...
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  • Wennhak v Morgan (category English defamation case law)
    in English defamation law, that held that communication with one's own spouse will not be considered to be 'published' for the purposes of defamation cases...
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