Libel Law Shake-up to Reduce ‘Libel Tourism’

Libel laws are used to stifle academic and scientific debate, even silence journalists outside of the UK, some claim. Justice Secretary Clarke’s draft bill aims to re-establish ’the right to speak freely and debate issues’ in England and Wales.
Libel Law Shake-up to Reduce ‘Libel Tourism’
Judges arrive for their annual Service Of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on October 1, 2009. The ceremony has roots in the Middle Ages when the High Court was held in Westminster Hall and judges prayed for guidance at the start of the legal year. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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Judges arrive for their annual Service Of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on October 1, 2009. The ceremony has roots in the Middle Ages when the High Court was held in Westminster Hall and judges prayed for guidance at the start of the legal year. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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