UK Parliament / Open data

Defamation Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord May of Oxford (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 15 January 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Defamation Bill.

I agree with all of this. It is very good and I want to do something, if I am allowed, that is probably improper. There are two issues in Clause 6 that I would like to have clarified, but I did not see the need to put down an amendment merely to raise the issue. Clause 6(6) says:

“A publication is not privileged by virtue of this section if it is shown to be made with malice”.

Am I correct that the word “malice” has a fairly explicit legal meaning? Anybody familiar with the academic world will know—

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
742 c233GC 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Back to top