Lord Lester’s much heralded Defamation Bill (see our earlier post) has been published today. This is Private Members’ Bill, introduced by the Lib Dem peer in an attempt to assist the Government in its libel reform proposals. There is a Press Release which tells that the Bill
“seeks to reduce the chilling effect on freedom of expression and recourse to self-censorship that results from the vagueness and uncertainty of the present law. It also aims to encourage the free exchange of ideas and information, whilst providing an effective and proportionate remedy to anyone whose reputation is unfairly damaged”. Read the rest of this entry »
