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Book SynopsisDuncan and Neill is a leading authority on defamation law and other related types of action, and as such is an essential edition to the legal library of all practitioners specialising in this area, as well as students/academics and generalists who require a clear overview of the subject.It is a concise and comprehensive work on defamation, but also covers privacy, misuse of private information, malicious falsehood, harassment and data protection. Previous editions have been cited frequently by first instance and appellate courts.The new fifth edition will cover developments in the law and practice of the areas covered in the book since the last edition, including:* The latest law and practice on the determination of ''meaning'', and the approach of the courts to publications on social media following the Supreme Court decision in Stocker v Stocker* What the ''serious harm'' test means in light of the Supreme Court decision in Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd * How the ''public interest'
