Because the story had been published in an American magazine about a Russian citizen, the choice of venue was described by several authorities as libel tourism.

The seeking out of such favorable environments, most notably the courts of England and Wales, has been dubbed libel tourism.

This has raised the concern that the incidence of libel tourism to Canadian courts may increase as a result.

In many cases of libel tourism, plaintiffs sued in England to censor critical works when their home countries would reject the case outright.

The US senate judiciary committee has approved legislation to crack down on "libel tourism".

Scholars and commentators have suggested that the case made the UK more popular for libel tourism.

Some American states, including New York, have passed laws insulating their residents against what has been called libel tourism.

The act was written as a response to libel tourism.

This, of course, opens opportunities for "libel tourism," and has even led to people suing in France against-wonderful idea!

He added: "The very high levels of remuneration for defamation lawyers in Britain seem to be incentivising libel tourism."