St Mirren directors granted court order against former board member
It's thought to be the first action under Scotland's new defamation law
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It's thought to be the first action under Scotland's new defamation law
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JUSTICE, the saying goes, is like the Ritz Hotel.
WITH the latest stage in the progress of a private members bill on libel law reform in Northern Ireland heard in the Stormont assembly yesterday, Bimpe Archer looks at what the changes could mean.
Holyrood votes to reform defamation law Holyrood has passed a Bill to modernise defamation legislation (Jane Barlow/PA) Holyrood has unanimously passed reforms of defamation law after MSPs were told current legislation for this was “no longer fit for purpose”. Community safety minister Ash Denham said the changes being brought in by the Scottish Government would make the law “fit for the 21st century”. She told how the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill – which was passed by 118 votes to zero – aims to both simplify and modernise the law on defamation, while also...