PART III Choice of Law in Tort and Delict

13 Exclusion of defamation claims from Part III.

(1)

Nothing in this Part applies to affect the determination of issues arising in any defamation claim.

(2)

For the purposes of this section “defamation claim” means—

(a)

any claim under the law of any part of the United Kingdom for libel or slander or for slander of title, slander of goods or other malicious falsehood and any claim under the law of Scotland for verbal injury; and

(b)

any claim under the law of any other country corresponding to or otherwise in the nature of a claim mentioned in paragraph (a) above.