It is the view of the party that juries should be retained in defamation cases. The abolition of juries in personal injury cases caused awards to rise sharply and their retention in cases of this nature is vital, particularly given the nature of tort. It would be very helpful if judges were allowed to issue guidelines to juries. An important addition to defamation law in this country would be the provision to allow a genuinely mistaken or inadvertent libel to be alleviated by an immediate apology.