Deck 17: Defamation

Question 1

What interest is protected by the tort of defamation?

A) A person's bodily integrity
B) A person's privacy
C) A person's reputation
D) A person's feelings

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The right to freedom of expression is protected under which Article of the European Convention of Human Rights?

A) Article 2
B) Article 6
C) Article 8
D) Article 10

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following potential claimants cannot sue in the tort of defamation? Please select all that apply.

A) Political parties
B) Local authorities
C) Politicians
D) A dead person
E) Companies

Answer 3

A,B,C,D

Question 4

A defamatory statement is…

A) … a false statement which makes right-thinking members of society think better of the claimant.
B) … a true statement which lowers the claimant in the estimation of right-thinking members of society.
C) … a false statement which lowers the claimant in the estimation of right-thinking members of society.
D) … a true statement which neither lowers nor raises the claimant in the estimation of right-thinking members of society.

Question 5

A private letter exchanged between the defendant and the claimant can never give rise to a claim in defamation.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a defence in defamation? Please select all that apply.

A) 'I honestly believed what I said was true.'
B) 'What I said was true in substance and fact.'
C) 'I made my statement in the course of a debate in the House of Lords.'
D) 'I thought the recipient ought to know the information.'

Question 7

Which of the following is not a defence in defamation? Please select all that apply.

A) Honest comment
B) Publication in a matter of private interest
C) Absolute privilege
D) The statement was published in a peer-reviewed scientific or academic journal

Question 8

Match For each of the following cases, complete the case name.
-Reynolds v

A) Times Newspapers
B) Spiller
C) JF Fry & Sons Ltd
D) Singh

Question 9

Match For each of the following cases, complete the case name.
-Joseph v

A) Times Newspapers
B) Spiller
C) JF Fry & Sons Ltd
D) Singh

Question 10

Match For each of the following cases, complete the case name.
-Tolley

A) Times Newspapers
B) Spiller
C) JF Fry & Sons Ltd
D) Singh

Question 11

Match For each of the following cases, complete the case name.
-British Chiropractic Association

A) Times Newspapers
B) Spiller
C) JF Fry & Sons Ltd
D) Singh

Question 12

The enactment of Defamation Act 2013 means that the previous case law on defamation is now irrelevant.