Introduction Libel tourism is some sort of ‘forum shopping’ where a plaintiff opts to bring an action of libel in jurisdictions where favorable outcomes are more likely to occur. 1 Britain is internationally reputable as a sanctuary of free speech and this reputation is immensely getting damaged by the increase of libel tourism in the United Kingdom. For more than 20 years now, the numbers of foreign businessmen and celebrities who take advantage of libel laws in Britain have drastically shot up. Numerous people today who have no connection with the United kingdom are seeking libel redresses from British courts. The extreme nature of this problem can effectively be illustrated by the United States’ new measures of preventing libel decisions made in Britain that infringe on an individual’s freedom of expression. Rich libel tourists will soon be stopped from using British courtrooms for stifling free speech following the amalgamation of the new draft defamation bill which is intended to discourage libel tourism in the United Kingdom. Libel laws in the United Kingdom are known to be more draconian than in other states and hence, when one gets upset about another person’s speech, he/she often seeks redress in English courts on grounds that since the label has been published online, it is also published in the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, all these hiccups will soon be made a problem of the past since the new draft Defamation Bill comes in handy to seal this loophole. It is upon this backdrop that this paper seeks to compare the reforms made by the new draft Defamation Bill which is intended to discourage libel tourism, with the current prevalent law on libel tourism and assess what exactly the new bill could reform in libel cases and also assess whether the draft effectively addresses the issue in question. In doing this, the paper will begin by analyzing the nature of the United Kingdom libel law using relevant statutes and case law. The paper will then outline and discuss the major reforms addressed by the new draft Defamation Bill against the current law on libel tourism. The paper will then give recommendations and conclude based on a personal opinion regarding the reform addressed by the new draft Defamation Bill. A Review of the Nature of Libel Law in the United Kingdom The general rule is that a claimant of a libel suit can bring an action for libel in British courts whether or not he/she is a citizen of the United Kingdom or domiciled in the United Kingdom. This is executed on the condition that the claimant proves that they have a reputation to protect in the United Kingdom and that the label was accessible by some people in the United Kingdom. The claimant must also prove that the libel is defamatory and that it refers to the claimant and is published by the defense party to third parties. A libel constitutes defamatory words in written form such as in a newspaper article or a book. As long as the claimant establishes all of the above-stated conditions, the burden of proof then shifts to the defendant to assert the truth of the libel. A defamatory statement according to the cases of Sims v Stretch (1936) 2 , Gilliack v BBC (1996) 3 and Skuse v Granada Television Ltd (1996) 4 is a statement that tends to put a person in an inferior position acc