Reform of libel laws will protect freedom of expression

Ministry of Justice
March 23, 2010

https://www.legal-project.org/679/reform-of-libel-laws-will-protect-freedom

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Reforms of the law on libel will be taken forward in the next Parliament, Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced today.

The reforms will build on the work of the Libel Working Group, which was established by the Ministry of Justice in January to consider reforms to the law of libel and whose report is being published today. They will also build on responses to the recent MoJ consultation on libel on the internet, the government response to which is also being published.

Under the proposals:

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