Seanad debates
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage
5:00 pm
Joe O'Toole (Independent)
On a related issue, the section does not allow for a class action according to my reading. Much that I wish there was an opportunity to take a class action, there would appear to be a requirement for a substantial burden of proof. For example, were Senator Walsh to make a sweeping, populist condemnation of the decent public servants around the country and I to take it personally——
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