In a comment on a recent post on the Scottish government consultation on “libelling the dead”, Scots law blogger Jonathan Mitchell QC drew attention to the fact that Scots libel law is effectively identical to that in England.
“something the English haven’t yet picked up on in the current debate as to libel law reform is that our law is effectively identical at present albeit with a very different costs regime, so if the UK Parliament reforms English libel law alone we can expect to see a straightforward transfer of litigation to Edinburgh” Read the rest of this entry »
