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From this I will be critically assessing the reasoning and results in two cases (that are rooted in defamation) in order to show to what extent my cases provide evidence for those who are supportive of the Human Rights Act.  

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GPL Written Work Assignment Spring Term Aaron Heslop Brenna Bhander Introduction "The Human Rights Act 1998 is an act to give further effect to rights and freedoms guaranteed under the European Convention on Human Rights....."1 From this I will be critically assessing the reasoning and results in two cases (that are rooted in defamation) in order to show to what extent my cases provide evidence for those who are supportive of the Human Rights Act. The cases that are to be utilised are O' Shea v MGN Ltd & Another 2 and Grobbelaar v News Group Newspapers and Another 3 They both use Article 10 from the E.C.H.R. which says (1) "everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public and to receive and impart information regardless of frontiers...." This has been incorporated into the Human Rights Act...

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