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by baybal2 3005 days ago
Add two zeroes. In commom common law, defamation damages are all, but damages: they are a sum of assumed and punitive damages. If accused is a corp., already large punitive damages are scaled to its size.

UK's record damages were in above GPB 2M

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Punitive damages are a daft concept and only exist in the USA, I hope.

GPB must be the Guadalupe Banana, right? Perhaps they have punitive damages in Guadalupe...