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15 Jul 2010

Libel Reform - Common law development or statutory codification?

A consideration of Lord Lester's Defamation Bill and the advantages and disadvantages of statutory codification of the law of libel, as opposed to common law development.

By Desmond Browne QC.
Published in the MBL/Inforrm Conference on Lord Lester's Defamation Bill

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