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That summary's no longer quite accurate, there were some last-minute tweaks to strengthen the defences. In particular: - The "responsible publication on matter
by SEMW 13y ago
That summary's no longer quite accurate, there were some last-minute tweaks to strengthen the defences. In particular:
- The "responsible publication on matters of public interest" defence is now just "publication on matters of public interest", the requirement of responsibility is replaced by one that "the defendant reasonably believed that publishing the statement complained of was in the public interest". This is good - the new requirement is conceptually simpler and easier to satisfy.
- There's now another new defence: "Peer-reviewed statement in scientific or academic journal etc." are now privileged.