Libel reform in jeopardy

The Society is a committed supporter of the Libel Reform Campaign to repel England’s libel laws which are increasingly being used to stifle medical and scientific debate. A new Defamation Bill is currently passing through Parliament to reform libel laws. However, this Bill is now threatened as it has been amended by a group of peers to introduce press regulation proposals from the Leveson debate ‘by the back door’. The Bill needs to go back before the Commons in the next few weeks, but subsequent to these changes being made, has not yet been tabled. If the bill does not complete its passage before the parliamentary session ends, it will be lost.

As a supporter of the Libel Reform Campaign, the Society urges you to contact your MP to highlight this issue. You can send an email to your MP here using the sign up on the right hand side of the page.

Libel Reform Campaign