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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 15 July 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Jonathan Djanogly.

Defamation Law

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the law of defamation.

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
513 c323-46WH 
Session
2010-12
Department
Ministry of Justice
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Jonathan Djanogly | 513 c346WH (Link to this contribution) Given the time for which the present Government have been in position, the hon. Gentleman should app...
John Whittingdale | 513 c329-30WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow my Select Committee colleague, the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (...
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Paul Farrelly | 513 c326-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Maldon (Mr Whittingdale) on his re-election as Chair of the Cultu...
Jonathan Djanogly | 513 c323-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to open today's debate on an issue that the Government regard as being of great impor...
John Whittingdale | 513 c335WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important point, and I agree. My hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Philip...
Paul Farrelly | 513 c332WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman mentioned cost-capping and the importance of speedy reform. Does he agree that co...
John Whittingdale | 513 c331-2WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman pithily encapsulates the situation, which I shall come on to later. He is absolut...
Paul Farrelly | 513 c331WH (Link to this contribution) Would the hon. Gentleman agree that the hourly rates actually double in many of the cases that are b...
John Whittingdale | 513 c330-1WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely endorse the hon. Lady's comments. That is exactly the value of Select Committees, and I a...
Julian Lewis | 513 c335WH (Link to this contribution) I am not an expert in the area in question, although I have more than once had to bring a libel acti...
John Whittingdale | 513 c334-5WH (Link to this contribution) The degree of flexibility that that might provide is clearly better than having a very detailed set ...
Paul Farrelly | 513 c334WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the conclusions of the libel working group also highlighted the d...
Jonathan Djanogly | 513 c345WH (Link to this contribution) As I said, I cannot at this stage give a firm date for when a draft Bill will be published or for wh...
Paul Farrelly | 513 c345WH (Link to this contribution) May I come back on that, as the Minister might have expected? I think that I noticed the quizzical b...
Jonathan Djanogly | 513 c343WH (Link to this contribution) I am moving on to CFA reform, if that is what the hon. Gentleman wishes to speak about.
Helen Jones | 513 c341WH (Link to this contribution) Unfortunately, the hon. Gentleman has far more personal experience of defamation actions than me. It...
Jonathan Djanogly | 513 c342-3WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Paul Farrelly) and my hon. Friend the Member for M...
Paul Farrelly | 513 c343WH (Link to this contribution) The issue is complex. One person who was relieved that the statutory instrument did not succeed was ...
Jonathan Djanogly | 513 c343-5WH (Link to this contribution) I disagree that the proposed order would have had the immediate impact that the hon. Gentleman sugge...
Jonathan Djanogly | 513 c343WH (Link to this contribution) Then the hon. Gentleman should listen—I knew that I would not get away by saying just that. He addre...
Helen Jones | 513 c341WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend highlights an interesting suggestion by the Select Committee, but the issue that we m...
Paul Farrelly | 513 c340WH (Link to this contribution) As other hon. Members have said, we made a distinction between limiting the uplift in defamation cas...
Julian Lewis | 513 c341WH (Link to this contribution) I totally agree with the hon. Lady's measured approach. On a couple of occasions when I was defamed,...
Paul Farrelly | 513 c336WH (Link to this contribution) I do not want this to become a conversation between members of the Select Committee, but does the ho...
John Whittingdale | 513 c336-7WH (Link to this contribution) I think that there is evidence of that. I hesitate before accusing the two firms that the hon. Gentl...
Paul Farrelly | 513 c337WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, very soon after making those statements to the Select Committee,...
John Whittingdale | 513 c337-8WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed, that is right, and the hon. Gentleman is correct to draw attention to it. I am delighted tha...
Helen Jones | 513 c338-40WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Benton. We have had an interesting debate. I ...
Paul Farrelly | 513 c340WH (Link to this contribution) Lord Lester's Bill addresses qualified privilege. Does my hon. Friend agree that the law on qualifie...
Helen Jones | 513 c340WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a valid point, and I hope that we can examine the issues in detail when the dra...
Joan Walley | 513 c330WH (Link to this contribution) Members of Parliament who do not have the time to sit on a Select Committee or who are not appointed...
John Whittingdale | 513 c332-4WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my hon. Friend—I call him my hon. Friend in the spirit of the Select Committee...
Paul Farrelly | 513 c345WH (Link to this contribution) With respect, I think that comfort will be taken in certain quarters—I can hear the Bollinger corks ...
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Defamation Civil proceedings Legal costs Media Conditional fee agreements
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