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Libel claimants no longer need to show evidence of harm to their reputation, the Court of Appeal said, redefining the test in s 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013. In Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd and others [2017] EWCA Civ 1334 the court said it was enough for a judge to infer that the words complained about were likely to cause serious harm without requiring evidence of it.
Libel claimants no longer need to show evidence of harm to their reputation, the Court of Appeal said, redefining the test in s 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013. In Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd and others [2017] EWCA Civ 1334 the court said it was enough for a judge to infer that the words complained about were likely to cause serious harm without requiring evidence of it.
Chair of the Bar reports back
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs
A £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs has been made to the leading UK charity tackling international parental child abduction and the movement of children across international borders
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