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Consultation summary


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Draft Defamation Bill: A consultation (HTML format)

  • Departments: 

  • Ministry of Justice

Document type: 

Consultation paper

Date of publication: 

15 March 2011

Deadline date: 

10 June 2011


Summary: 

This consultation seeks views on the draft Defamation Bill. The Bill aims to bring libel law up to date, striking the balance between protecting people's right to free speech while enabling people who have genuinely been defamed to protect their reputations.

  • Subjects: 

  • Consumers, business and industry; 
  • Information and communication; 
  • Justice system

  • Regions: 

  • National

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