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DEFAMATION (DEFENCES (Fair Comment (Form of comment, Based on true facts,…
DEFAMATION
DEFENCES
Justification
S. Pakianathan v Dr. Jenni Ibrahim
Abdul Rahman Talib v Seenivasagam & Anor
Fair Comment
Form of comment
Based on true facts
Fair & nor malicious
Concerns issues of public interest
Consent / Volenti Non Fit Injuria
Cookson v Harewood
Priviledge
Unintentional defamation
Innocent dissemination
Words are defamatory
Innuendo
False
Syed Husin Ali v Sharikat Percetakan Utusan Melayu Bhd. & Anor
Lee Kuan Yew v JB Jeyaratnam
True / legal
Tolley v Fry & Sons Ltd
Juxtaposition
Monsoon v Tussauds
Natural & ordinary meaning
Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd.
Ayob bin Saud v TS Sambanthanamurthi
Words refers to the plaintiff
Atip bin Ali v Josephine Doris Nunis & Anor
Hulton & Co. v Jones
Newstead v London Express Newspaper Ltd.
Publication
Dr. Jenni Ibrahim v S. Pakianathan
Wan Abdul Rashid v S. Sivasubramaniam
Types
Libel
Permanent form
Actionable per se
Written
Slander
Spoken / Gestures
Not lasting
Needs proof of special damage