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
This Bill aims to reform several areas that affect civil legal action, including defamation, privacy, freedom of expression, data protection, and the regulation of lawyers and private investigators. It seeks to curb strategic lawsuits, set clearer rules on costs, and clarify how privacy rights and free speech should be treated in public-interest civil cases. Overall, it is about making civil justice fairer and more efficient.
The Bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons. If it continues, it will move to committee stage for detailed examination.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
