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This will be much more difficult for foreign claimants.
Wealthy foreign claimants have turned London into the "Mecca of libel tourism" and made the English Bar happy.
The bill will also find ways of limiting foreign claimants bringing cases against foreign defendants in English courts.
In contrast, claimants face more specific restrictions: the reversal of the burden of proof when companies sue, further hurdles for foreign claimants, and more restrictions on superinjunctions.
While foreign claimants are a problem, it's not just because they can come here that they do: they come because the courts are loaded against the defendant.
The law was passed as part of the new nation's efforts to show the world respect for the law of nations by opening its courts to foreign claimants.
Joe Fiorante, one of the lawyers representing the group, said it's the first time that foreign claimants have been able to file a lawsuit in Canada against a Canadian company over allegations of human rights abuses that took place abroad.
Libel tourism is a phenomenon in which foreign claimants exploit plaintiff-friendly defamations laws to sue authors and publishers in countries in which they have not worked or published.
Lawyers representing the group have said it is the first time foreign claimants have been able to file a lawsuit in Canada against a Canadian company over alleged human rights abuses abroad.
The research, commissioned by the Legal Action Group LAGG), reveals a significant shift in attitude towards spending priorities for the courts between 2013-14, despite claims by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) that lawyers are overpaid and that legal aid is being handed out to undeserving, foreign claimants.
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