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Classes of defamation
Conditions to be satisfied for an apology to be effective to mitigate damages against defendant
Defences available to a defendant in an action for defamation
Effect of the occurrence of customary defamation in the course of a heated quarrel on the award of damages
Effects of a defamatory statement
Essential element of defamation
How a plaintiff can succeed in respect of defamation of a class or group of individuals
How defamatory words are construed
How the Judge determines whether words complained of are capable of a defamatory meaning
Ingredients of the tort of defamation
Meaning of defamation
Need for the plaintiff to give particulars of the facts and matters on which he relies in support of the sense in which he understood the publication
Steps in the determination of the question of whether a statement is defamatory
The elements required to be proved by the plaintiff in an action for defamation
The essence of the law of defamation
The first step in determining the defendant's liability for defamation
The position of the law on reproduction of an original libellous or slanderous matter
The purpose of damages in defamation
The rule that defamatory words must be construed in their natural and ordinary meaning
The rule that for a defendant to be liable, none of the recognized defences for an action in defamation should avail the person
The rule that for words to be classified as defamatory, the court is to give the words their primary and natural meaning
The rule that malice vitiates the defences of fair comment and qualified privilege
The rule that the plaintiff must identify himself as the person defamed
The rule that the words complained of must be defamatory of the plaintiff
The scope of defamation under customary law
The second step in determining the defendant's liability for defamation
The standard for determining whether a defamatory meaning has been conveyed by a newspaper publication
The test for determining whether a publication is defamatory
What a plaintiff claiming injury to reputation in a defamation suit must plead
What a plaintiff must prove to succeed in an action for defamation
What a plaintiff must prove where the words complained of are defamatory in their natural and ordinary meaning
What constitutes the “right-thinking members of society”
What defamation entails
What is a defamatory statement?
What malice entails in defamation actions
What the plaintiff must prove
When a publication will be considered to be defamatory
When a statement is said to be defamatory
Whether a communication between two persons defamatory of another is actionable if the person making the communication has an interest in the matter so communicated
Whether a defendant will be liable for defamation where he did not know of the external facts which turn a presumptively innocent publication into a defamatory one.
Whether a failure to set out the words alleged to be defamatory renders the suit incompetent
Whether failure of the plaintiff to mention the name of the FM station that aired defamatory statements attributed to the defendant absolves the defendant of the allegation of defamation
Whether it is for the judge or jury to determine whether the words complained of are defamatory of the plaintiff
Whether it is sufficient for the plaintiff to say that in his self-estimation, the words alleged convey some obnoxious meaning to him
Whether it is what the defendant intended that is relevant to determining whether the words complained of are defamatory
Whether malice must be proved in an action for defamation
Whether mere vituperation is actionable under customary law
Whether reputation is an issue of fact
Whether the consideration of a defamatory statement is a question of law or fact
Whether the court can make a finding of defamation where it was not pleaded
Whether the defendant is liable for an unauthorised repetition or republication of defamatory matter
Whether the meaning in which the defendant intended his statement to be understood is material in determining whether the words are defamatory or not
Whether the plaintiff must prove his case where the defendants refused to attend court and file any defence
Whether the plaintiff's name necessarily ought to be mentioned in a defamatory statement by the defendant
Whether the publisher and printer must always be sued separately in an action for defamation
Whether the test for defamation is whether the Plaintiff feels personally insulted or his feelings are hurt
Whether there is a claim for defamation where the statement of claim does not contain any recital of any defamatory words
Whether there is a need for a plaintiff in an action in defamation to plead in verbatim in his statement of claim the exact words uttered or written by the defendant and in the language rendered
Whether words spoken against a class or body of persons are defamatory
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