Defamation

An English solicitor who said her professional reputation had been destroyed by a Facebook post has lost her £900,000 libel claim. The High Court in London ruled that lawyers for Dr Katherine Alexander-Theodotou, of Highgate Hill Solicitors, had not established that the post had caused "seriou

Striking the right balance between freedom of expression and protection of reputation is key to modernising Scots law on defamation, according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to a Scottish government consultation, the Law Society has questioned proposals to introduce a statutory thre

The public is being invited to help reform defamation law in Scotland. A new consultation on defamation – the damaging of an individual’s reputation through false communication – follows a report by the Scottish Law Commission which made 49 recommendations to modernise and simplify