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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to revise Britain's libel/defamation laws in such a manner as to support and not abridge freedom of expression. More details
Submitted by Dave Lambert – Deadline to sign up by: 29 May 2007 – Signatures: 41
More details from petition creator
Britain's libel laws are amongst the most restrictive and inequitable to found in any Western liberal democracy - so bad that even Americans now come to the UK to sue for libel - and amount to no more than the privatisation of censorship.
We call for them to be amended in line with approach to libel adopted by the US, in which the burden of proof lies the accuser and not the defendent - as is the case in the UK - and to ensure that Britian's libel laws support and facilitate free expression and do not act to suppress the expression of legitimately held opinion and dissent.
Current signatories
Dave Lambert, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Julian Holliday
- Peter Darby
- Sara T'Rula
- Pete Jordan
- Niels Rakhorst
- Niels Rakhorst
- Mat Bowles
- Peter Gray
- Gareth Winchester
- S. Bennett
- Jonathan Westwood
- douglas clark
- Mark McCallum Boyle
- Andrew Murphy
- Haydn Lowe
- Alan Connor
- Ruaridh Guy
- Michael Gordon
- Chris Mounsey
- Christopher Bunker
- Miranda Robertson
- Sassan Panahinejad
- Robin Green
- Katherine Escher
- Sunny Hundal
- David Gilham
- Mary Griffin
- Ian McDonald
- Ben Glass
- Kevin Ferguson
- Andrew Gilbert
- Paul Wooldridge
- Sara Taylor
- Adam Page
- Lobster Blogster
- kathleen haley
- Cllr Jon Ball
- Kevin Aylward
- Neil Wallace
- Anthony G Connor
