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Defamation Bill

Proceeding contribution from Fiona Mactaggart (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 12 September 2012. It occurred during Debate on bills on Defamation Bill.

The right hon. Gentleman referred to strike-out clauses. He is probably aware of the case of my constituent Hardeep Singh, who was the subject of a lengthy and unfair—and extremely expensive, for him—case centring on a matter of religious dispute. The judge eventually clearly ruled that the matter should not be dealt with by the courts. A similar doctrinal dispute could arise in future, so if there is not an early strike-out opportunity someone else could suffer as Mr Singh did. What can be done to end this?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
550 c343 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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