Mr. Michael Kealey:

If one does not pass the serious harm test, one cannot continue to sue. There are all of the other options open to people, such as going to the press council, mediation and all of that. It is, in effect, an attempt to try to stop two things. The first is nuisance complaints from people who have no money because organisations will not get the money back at the end. It has been accepted by the Government in terms of the legislation dealing with what we call retail defamation, such as a statement that someone has stolen something out of Supermac's or whatever, that there should be a low level.