Possibly. You can sue anyone anywhere—the question is whether a court that can actually do anything to you will enforce the foreign judgment. US courts are very skeptical toward UK libel/slander judgments in general because the UK courts do not apply standards required by the US Constitution. However, one would have to look at whether they would be more willing to enforce where the plaintiff actually lives in the UK and is not a “limited-purpose public figure” and/or where the judgment was for something like tortious interference with business relations. Dealing with foreign lawsuits can be dicey—often you are faced with the choice of defaulting and defending against enforcement in your home jurisdiction, or defending in the foreign country and accepting the court’s jurisdiction.
So the upshot is that an independent Community Health would probably still have to consider the jurisdiction in which the person being reported lives.
Possibly. You can sue anyone anywhere—the question is whether a court that can actually do anything to you will enforce the foreign judgment. US courts are very skeptical toward UK libel/slander judgments in general because the UK courts do not apply standards required by the US Constitution. However, one would have to look at whether they would be more willing to enforce where the plaintiff actually lives in the UK and is not a “limited-purpose public figure” and/or where the judgment was for something like tortious interference with business relations. Dealing with foreign lawsuits can be dicey—often you are faced with the choice of defaulting and defending against enforcement in your home jurisdiction, or defending in the foreign country and accepting the court’s jurisdiction.
So the upshot is that an independent Community Health would probably still have to consider the jurisdiction in which the person being reported lives.
If they moved from the UK to the US, would that help defend against libel/slander lawsuits from Americans?
Likely so, although I am not a UK lawyer.