The phrase "action for libel" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts when referring to a lawsuit or legal proceeding initiated to seek damages for defamation through written statements.
Example: "The journalist faced an action for libel after publishing false information about the public figure."
Alternatives: "defamation lawsuit" or "libel suit".
He may even contemplate an action for libel.
The court action for libel by Peaches Geldof has interesting ramifications.
In November 1878 the painter James McNeill Whistler's action for libel against Ruskin brought after Ruskin's attack on the impressionist manner of a Whistler Nocturne came to trial.
The plaintiff, who was United States district attorney for the District of Columbia, sued the defendant in an action for libel, and recovered a verdict for $10,000.
This week saw the beginning of an action for libel brought by one historian against another over a question of history.
Court reporters have defences against charges of contempt of court and an action for libel so long as their reports are fair and accurate.
Three centuries later, the Star Chamber allowed noblemen to launch civil actions for libel, to provide them with an alternative to duelling.
It would act as an alternative dispute resolution process to avoid litigation over legal actions for libel and and invasions of privacy.
Any publisher joining it will therefore be protected against the risk of exemplary damages and costs in actions for libel, breach of privacy or harassment.
The result of its timidity is the handing over of identifying information on a previously anonymous critic of South Tyneside council, to face potential legal actions for libel.
That was an action for a libel upon the plaintiff, who was the owner and master of a ship, which he advertised to take passengers to the East Indies; and the libel imputed that the vessel was not seaworthy, and that Jews had purchased her to take out convicts.
