The law of libel does not provide for declarations of falsity: ‘It is better for the general good that individuals should occasionally suffer than that freedom of communication between persons in certain relations should be in any way impeded. But . . it is not expedient that liberty should be made the cloak of maliciousness’.
Citations:
(1881) 6 QBD 333
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Clift v Slough Borough Council and Another QBD 6-Jul-2009
The claimant sought damages for defamation. The council had decided that she had threatened a member of staff and notified various people, and entered her name on a violent persons register. She alleged malice, the council pleaded justification and . .
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Defamation
Updated: 09 November 2022; Ref: scu.347447
