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  Defamation Bill - New Clause 2 - Regulation of Payments for Legal Services In Defamation Cases
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to exempt defamation cases from capping of no-win no-fee success fees and provisions to prevent costs awards relating to legal insurance premiums.
  @ MP voted no to exempt defamation cases from capping of no-win no-fee success fees and provisions to prevent costs awards relating to legal insurance premiums.
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to exempt defamation cases from capping of no-win no-fee success fees and provisions to prevent costs awards relating to legal insurance premiums.
  
  MPs were considering the Defamation Bill[1]. The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Sections [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/10/section/44/enacted 44] and [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/10/section/46/enacted 46] of the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/10/contents/enacted Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012] shall not apply in relation to civil actions for defamation, malicious falsehood, breach of confidence, privacy or publication proceedings.
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/defamation.html Parliament's webpage on the Defamation Bill (now an Act)]
  
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