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Defamation Act 2013 (2013 c 26)

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Defamation Act 2013 (2013 c 26)

UK Parliament Acts contains Statutes of England and Wales. Acts that were made by the Westminster Parliament and relate to Scotland only are not included, although provisions of Scottish Acts that apply or are relevant to England and/or Wales are included. Westminster Parliament Acts containing some Scotland only provisions pre and post devolution are reproduced in full. This source contains the full, amended text of all public general Acts that are currently in force. Legislation that has been recently enacted but is not yet in force is also included.

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Defamation Act 2013 (2013 c 26)

1 Serious harm

2 Truth

3 Honest opinion

4 Publication on matter of public interest

5 Operators of websites

6 Peer-reviewed statement in scientific or academic journal etc

7 Reports etc protected by privilege

8 Single publication rule

9 Action against a person not domiciled in the UK. . .

10 Action against a person who was not the author, editor etc

11 Trial to be without a jury unless the court orders otherwise

12 Power of court to order a summary of its judgment to be published

13 Order to remove statement or cease distribution etc

14 Special damage

15 Meaning of “publish” and “statement”

16 Consequential amendments and savings etc

17 Short title, extent and commencement

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