Editing Defamation (section)

====Corporate defamation====
Common law jurisdictions vary as to whether they permit corporate plaintiffs in defamation actions. Under contemporary Australian law, private corporations are denied the right to sue for defamation, with an exception for small businesses (corporations with less than 10 employees and no subsidiaries); this rule was introduced by the state of New South Wales in 2003, and then adopted nationwide in 2006.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Coe |first=Peter |date=March 2021 |title=An analysis of three distinct approaches to using defamation to protect corporate reputation from Australia, England and Wales, and Canada |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/legal-studies/article/abs/an-analysis-of-three-distinct-approaches-to-using-defamation-to-protect-corporate-reputation-from-australia-england-and-wales-and-canada/F7B6A48FCA80708CAE1DFB551A992B6C |journal=Legal Studies |language=en |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=111–129 |doi=10.1017/lst.2020.38 |issn=0261-3875}}</ref> By contrast, Canadian law grants private corporations substantially the same right to sue for defamation as individuals possess.<ref name=":0" /> Since 2013, English law charts a middle course, allowing private corporations to sue for defamation, but requiring them to prove that the defamation caused both serious harm and serious financial loss, which individual plaintiffs are not required to demonstrate.<ref name=":0" />