Defamation and the internet the multiple publication rule
Table of Contents
Comments
CommentersTable of Contents
- Executive summary (0)
- Introduction (0)
- The civil law on defamation (0)
- The multiple publication rule and the limitation period (0)
- The current law (0)
- Arguments for and against a multiple publication rule (0)
- Arguments for and against a single publication rule (0)
- Extending qualified privilege to material on online archives in certain circumstances (0)
- Interaction with the limitation period for defamation actions (0)
- Key issues for consideration (0)
- Questionnaire (4)
- Impact assessment – extracts (0)
- Impact assessment questions (0)
- The consultation criteria (0)
- Consultation Co-ordinator contact details (0)
- Contact details/how to respond (0)
This document is an unofficial republication, in commentable form, of the Ministry of Justice consultation, Defamation and the internet: the multiple publication rule (Consultation paper CP20/09). The consultation was published on the 16th September 2009 and closes on 16th December 2009. All comments received here will be sent to the Ministry of Justice.
As well as supporting comments for each paragraph in the consultation, this republication provides a unique URI for each paragraph in the original document, which you are may use as reference links in any online discussion you engage in about the consultation.
Note that this document is not associated in a formal way with the official consultation process, although we encourage the consultation publishers to engage with it.
See the Help page for:
- notes on using this WriteToReply republication in forming a response to the consultation
- notes on how to monitor WriteToReply supported discussion around this consultation
A ‘Quick Start’ guide to the main consultation questions posed in this document can be found at: http://writetoreply.org/defamation/quick-start/
Please note we were unaware that this consultation has also been re-published on Comment On This. Comments made on either site will be submitted together to the Ministry of Justice.
What is WriteToReply?
A site for commenting on public reports in considerable detail. Texts are broken down into their respective sections for easier consumption. Rather than comment on the text as a whole, you are encouraged to direct comments to specific paragraphs.
The copyright of the original texts and the copyright of all comments remain with their respective authors. However, by commenting on this site, you explicitly agree to license your comments under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
The co-ordinator for this Write To Reply re-publication is Andrew Mackenzie. If you have feedback about your experience of using this document contact him at andrew@writetoreply.org