# Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021, Section 27: Abolition of common law verbal injuries


(1) Any rules of law providing for a right to bring proceedings for a verbal injury cease to have effect.
(2) Subsection (1) does not affect any right to bring proceedings for a verbal injury which accrued before the commencement of that subsection.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/10/section/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-and-malicious-publication-scotland-act-2021/section-27
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