20 June 2023
As part of the Ireland Anti-SLAPPs Network, ICCL recently made a submission to the pre-legislative scrutiny process on the draft Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2023. While we welcome many of the proposals, we are opposed to the removal of juries from defamation trials for findings.
This position is set out in the letter linked below and is in line with our submission to the Defamation Review in 2020, which is also included here.