Editing McLibel case (section)

===Post court developments===
In the course of the [[UK undercover policing relationships scandal]] it was revealed that one of the authors of the "McLibel leaflet" was [[Bob Lambert (undercover police officer)|Bob Lambert]], an undercover police officer who infiltrated [[London Greenpeace]].<ref name="McLibel leaflet was co-written by undercover police officer Bob Lambert" />  John Dines, another undercover officer, was Helen Steel's partner for two years; she was unaware of his true identity and motives.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/09/undercover-uk-police-spy-apologises-after-being-tracked-down-by-woman-he-deceived|title=Undercover UK police spy apologises after being tracked down by woman he deceived|newspaper=The Guardian|author= Paul Farrell and Rob Evans|date=9 March 2016}}</ref>

The [[Defamation Act 2013]] brought some changes to libel cases,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/official-report/committee-minutes-of-evidence/session-2012-2013/july-2013/defamation-act-2013-libel-reform-campaign-briefing/|title=Defamation Act 2013: Libel Reform Campaign Briefing|website=www.niassembly.gov.uk}}</ref> which were expected to make it harder for corporations to abuse libel law.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.thelawyer.com/issues/6-may-2013/can-new-act-clean-up-libel-law/|first=Matt|last=Byrne|title=Can new Act clean up libel law?|journal=[[The Lawyer]]|date=7 May 2013|access-date=6 January 2018|archive-date=7 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107062038/https://www.thelawyer.com/issues/6-may-2013/can-new-act-clean-up-libel-law/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The McLibel case also raised awareness about how defamation proceedings can harm the reputation of companies that raise them,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aaronandpartners.com/defamation-act-2013/|title=Defamation Act 2013|date=24 March 2014}}</ref> similarly to the [[Streisand effect]].