ABSTRACT On 1 January 2014, the Defamation Act 2013 came into force, introducing in its section 1 a new requirement of serious harm. This paper offers a critique of the serious harm requirement as it has developed in the case law, in light of the objectives that were set for section 1 in the Defamation Bill.

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严重损害：案例法的回顾与早期评估

摘要2014年1月1日，《 2013年诽谤法》生效，在其第1节中引入了严重危害的新要求。本文根据《诽谤法案》第1节中设定的目标，对判例法中提出的严重损害要求进行了批评。