Northern Ireland - Report on defamation law reform
by Ronan FahyOn 19 July 2016, the Northern Ireland Minister of Finance, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, announced the publication of a report on defamation law in Northern Ireland, written by Dr. Andrew Scott, of the London School of Economics. The 101-page report, entitled Reform of Defamation Law in Northern Ireland, includes two draft bills, and builds upon earlier work undertaken by the Northern Ireland Law Commission. A Consultation Paper had been published in November 2014 by the Law Commission, with a consultation period running until February 2015. The Minister of Finance also published a summary of the consultation responses.
The primary…
