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.
Anteriormente, as empresas e os particulares de todo o mundo, que alegavam terem sido difamados - mesmo que os demandantes ou aqueles que supostamente os difamaram tivessem pouca ou nenhuma ligação com o Reino Unido - apresentavam processos por difamação nos tribunais britânicos.