The court discussed the defence of fair comment in political cases: ‘I need hardly say that there is no privilege known to the law which entitles persons engaged in politics to misstate a fact about their opponent provided that they say it honestly even though untruthfully. They can comment upon the conduct of persons in public life, provided they do so honestly and without malice.’
Judges:
Diplock LJ
Citations:
[1962] 1 WLR 1469
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd and others HL 28-Oct-1999
Fair Coment on Political Activities
The defendant newspaper had published articles wrongly accusing the claimant, the former Prime Minister of Ireland of duplicity. The paper now appealed, saying that it should have had available to it a defence of qualified privilege because of the . .
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Defamation
Updated: 29 April 2022; Ref: scu.194517