Author Archives: Dominic Garner
New obligations for website operators under the Defamation Bill
The problems that arise when defamatory material is posted online can make the task of a potential libel complainant, and that of his advisors, a particularly complex one. Jurisdictional concerns, and the need to establish the extent to which the material has been read (and so published) within England and Wales, can be thorny issues to address. However, in many instances a complainant is faced with an even more immediate problem, namely that the allegations have been published anonymously.
