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

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A private letter exchanged between the defendant and the claimant however insulting or hurtful it may be to the claimant can never give rise to a claim in defamation. The wrong remedied by the tort of defamation is injury to an individual's reputation what others think of them not to what they think of themselves.

A Private Letter Exchanged Between the Defendant and the Claimant