ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of a systematic analysis of all judgments handed down by the High Court, Court of Appeal, and House of Lords in defamation claims brought by corporate claimants between 2004 and 2013. The intention is to widen the range of methods with which to assess both common arguments for reforming corporate defamation law, and the ‘serious financial loss’ requirement imposed on most corporate claimants by s 1(2) of the Defamation Act 2013. The results of the study add weight to some of the arguments put forward in support of the removal of the corporate right to sue. The research also highlights the difficulty of finding a principled and effective distinction between different kinds of corporate claimant. It suggests that this exercise may be both impossible and counterproductive, and recommends that all non-human claimants should be treated in the same way.

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对公司诽谤的经验见解：对2004-2013年判决案件的分析

摘要本文介绍了对高等法院，上诉法院和上议院在2004年至2013年间对公司索赔人提起的诽谤诉讼作出的所有判决作出的系统分析的结果。目的是通过以下方法扩大方法的范围：它评估了改革公司诽谤法的常见论点，以及《 2013年诽谤法》第1（2）条对大多数公司索赔人施加的“严重财务损失”要求。研究结果为提出的某些论点增加了分量支持取消公司提起诉讼的权利。该研究还强调了在不同类型的公司索赔人之间找到原则上有效的区别的困难。这表明这项工作可能是不可能的，并且会适得其反，