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Does this shut down "libel tourism"?

9(c). A court does not have jurisdiction to hear and determine an action to which this section applies unless the court is satisfied that, of all the places in which the statement complained of has been published, England and Wales is clearly the most appropriate place in which to bring an action in respect of the statement.




That is the idea. We all hope that it works.




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