Huggy, in the Criminal Justice Act of 1998 libel is an entirely civil matter. If libel has in it anything of a criminal nature it is dealt with as a criminal matter and in another term, such as conspriracy or other, but never libel in the terms that Guiness explained. It MAY have existed back in the annals of the 17th and 18th centuries, but does not do so now according to my guru s-in-l(DCI) Not in the latest Act.
Interesting though. I shall appear at the library on Tuesday! Haven't been there for years.