之前，即便原告或涉嫌诽谤者和英国毫无瓜葛，世界各地自称受到诽谤的企业和个人也会向英国法院提起诽谤诉讼。
Previously, corporations and individuals all over the world who claimed that they had been defamed – even if those suing or those who allegedly defamed them had little or no connection to the United Kingdom – would bring lawsuits for libel in the British courts.