Gatley is the leading text on libel and slander. The new edition brings practitioners up to date with the latest developments in the law of defamation, both substantive and procedural. It analyses the relevant case law, and guides the reader through practice and procedure in detail.
The new 12th edition deals in depth with the Defamation Act 2013. It also incorporates the latest case law and tracks the developing law in areas such as press freedom to report on matters of public interest, interim injunctions and damages
- Provides an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the law of defamation. The twelfth edition is substantially revised to cover recent case law (domestic, Commonwealth and Strasbourg) and important legislation including the Defamation Act 2013
- Includes expert commentary and analysis of substantive defamation law, including discussion of all significant recent English case law
- States the English law of defamation as it stands prior to the coming into force of the Defamation Act 2013
- Discusses the Defamation Act 2013 and its impact on English law and practice
- Offers detailed coverage of the relevant procedure and guidance on practising in defamation law and other related areas of law
- Includes reference to cases from other jurisdictions with commentary on their relevance to English law and procedure, in particular decisions from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Hong Kong
- Discusses the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on defamation law and privacy
- Explains the constituents of related causes of action arising from the publication of statements and images, e.g. misuse of private information, breach of confidence, and harassment, and the defences to such claims, and discusses recent case law on these topics
- Deals first with substantive law and then with procedure, clearly separated into chapters and sections
- Sets out key legislation
- Includes summaries of libel awards in the appendix material
The Second Supplement includes full updates on all developments in defamation case law, both substantive and procedural, including analysis of the effect on English law and practice of the Defamation Act 2013, and in particular:
- Discussion of the impact of the Court of Appeal’s highly important decision in Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 1334, [2018] EMLR 1 on the construction of s.1 Defamation Act 2013
- Consideration of recent authorities on liability for third party content (Google Inc v Trkulja [2016] VSCA 333, Delfi v Estonia (2016) 26 EHRR 6, MTE and Index.hu Zrt v Hungary Application no.22947/13 and Tamiz v UK Application no. 3877/14)
- Analysis of authorities interpreting Defamation Act 2013
- Comprehensive guidance for practitioners of the effect of the demise of jury trial in defamation, and its impact on preliminary determination of issues, including questions of meaning and serious harm
- In misuse of private information, discussion of Weller v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 1176; [2016] 1 WLR 1541, PJS v Times Newspapers Ltd [2016] UKSC 26; [2016] AC 1081, which considers the concept of public domain and raises important questions about the interests protected by the tort, and Khuja v Times Newspapers Ltd [2017] UKSC 49; [2017] 3 WLR 351, which concerns the balance to be struck between the article 8 rights of those arrested but not charged and the public interests in open justice and free speech, and where there are interesting observations on the overlap between defamation and misuse of private information
- Discussion of ambit of Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in media publication cases
All the latest developments in libel and slander, malicious falsehood and privacy from here and overseas are covered in this second supplement to the twelfth edition of this title.
