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- Defamation is damaging someone's reputation, this may be in the form of lowering a person's reputation in the estimation of right-thinking people, exposing a person to hatred, ridicule or contempt or causing a person to be shunned or avoided. Common examples of defamation are immoral, dishonest or corrupt comments. Nothing can be published if it is defamatory. The result can be the statement being classed as libel or slander, the difference being slander is the spoken word for example on a radio show as opposed to libel being a publication or digital media.
- Libel or Slander. Just about anyone can sue for libel or slander. This can be individuals, companies, firms or charities. Political parties cannot sue however an individual member could.
- The victim has to have been made identifiable so this may not just be by naming someone but could also come in the form of a detailed description.
- The only defence against a claim is justification - the statement being true, fair and honest comment - meaning the comment was expressed as opinion and privileges given to courts, parliament and also journalists reporting in the interest of the public.
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