Policy paper

Post-Legislative Memorandum: The Defamation Act 2013

This post-legislative memorandum contains information on the operation of the Defamation Act 2013 for consideration by the Justice Select Committee.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Published: 17 October 2019

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Post-Legislative Memorandum: The Defamation Act 2013

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-1634-8, CP 180

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Post-Legislative Memorandum: The Defamation Act 2013 (print version)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-1634-8, CP 180

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Details

This Post-Legislative Memorandum sets out the objectives, background and contents of the Defamation Act 2013 and provides a preliminary assessment of how the Act has operated in practice to enable the Justice Select Committee to consider whether a full post-legislative inquiry is appropriate.

Published 17 October 2019