A Bill to make provision about defamation; to make provision about costs awarded in civil cases; to make provision about the application of the rights to privacy and to freedom of expression in civil cases on matters of public interest; to make provision about the regulation of lawyers acting in civil cases; to make provision about data protection; to make provision for the regulation of private investigators; to make provision for the purpose of reducing the use of lawsuits for strategic purposes; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
31 October 2023
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The bill brings together reforms to defamation, privacy and freedom of expression in civil cases, especially where the public interest is involved. It also introduces new rules on data protection, and sets out how lawyers and private investigators should behave in civil litigation, while seeking to reduce the use of lawsuits for strategic purposes.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the House of Commons and has not yet progressed to Committee stage or the Lords.
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24 Jan 2023
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
