Defamatory guts; blame the accountant; & wretched costs
ORDER AFTER CONSULTATION
It is hereby ordered by the Civil Courts (Amendment No 2) Order 2016 (SI 2016/1068) and the Lord Chancellor that the following district registries and/or hearing centres shall have given or shall give up possession of the premises they occupy together with all judicial office holders, staff, sandwich remnants and “How to complain about the judge” leaflets situated therein on the dates specified, namely, Halifax 28 November 2016, Tunbridge Wells 9 December 2016, Scunthorpe 13 January 2017, Hartlepool 28 November 2016 and Reigate 31 March 2017
Note: any person affected by this order may never apply for it to be stayed, set aside or varied.
SERIOUS HARM
A claimant may have the guts to pursue a defamation claim and lawyers the guts to take it on. But was the reputational harm serious? These days, a statement will not rank as defamatory unless its publication caused or is likely to cause serious harm (s 1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013). We get an
