Defamation Act 2013

1. Introductory Text

2. Requirement of serious harm

   1. 1. Serious harm

3. Defences

   1. 2. Truth

   2. 3. Honest opinion

   3. 4. Publication on matter of public interest

   4. 5. Operators of websites

   5. 6. Peer-reviewed statement in scientific or academic journal etc

   6. 7. Reports etc protected by privilege

4. Single publication rule

   1. 8. Single publication rule

5. Jurisdiction

   1. 9. Action against a person not domiciled in the UK ...

   2. 10. Action against a person who was not the author, editor etc

6. Trial by jury

   1. 11. Trial to be without a jury unless the court orders otherwise

7. Summary of court judgment

   1. 12. Power of court to order a summary of its judgment to be published

8. Removal, etc of statements

   1. 13. Order to remove statement or cease distribution etc

9. Slander

   1. 14. Special damage

10. General provisions

    1. 15. Meaning of “publish” and “statement”

    2. 16. Consequential amendments and savings etc

    3. 17. Short title, extent and commencement