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In another case that critics cite as an example of libel tourism, a Ukrainian businessman sued a Ukrainian newspaper, The Kyiv Post, in Britain.
Freedom of speech campaigners have criticised the legal action as a prime example of libel tourism whereby foreign nationals who have never travelled to the country use British courts to pursue damages.
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The examples of libel actions include the infamous Mumsnet, Sheffield Wednesday and the Osler cases.
"This was never a case of libel tourism," he said.
The lawsuit attracted wide attention, and campaigners for libel reform cited it alongside a couple of other high-profile cases as examples of how libel laws in England and Wales could be used to stifle scientific debate.
This is not an example of the English libel laws working.
the 2011 case of ZAM v CFW and TFW is a rare example of an interim libel injunction.
So far, there's little evidence that scientific publishers have been seriously affected: None of 22 journals or journal publishers contacted by Science has rejected a research paper solely because of libel concerns, for example.
The most notorious example of these was the blood libel, which alleged that the Jews killed Christian boys and used their blood to make unleavened bread.
That would stop the most absurd instances of libel tourism.
Next month the Coalition Government is set to introduce a Libel Reform Bill which campaigners hope will tackle the issue of libel tourism.
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