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Mon 01 Jan 2010Defamation Act a welcome but imperfect reform for libel cases
The Defamation Act, which came into effect this month, is a significant improvement on the old law, but serious problems remain, writes EOIN O'DELL
THE DEFAMATION Act 2009 modernises the law. It provides statutory support for the Press Council and it makes it easier both to take and to defend libel cases. For these reasons, as the Act came into effect earlier this month, Andrew O’Rorke quite rightly afforded it a very warm welcome in The Irish Times.
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