NCTJ - Media Law: Defamation with 100% correct answers 2024/2025

NCTJ - Media Law: DefamationDefamation definition - correct answer = a statement about a person is defamatory if to causes harm to the person's reputation and if it tends to lower the person's reputation in the estimations of ordinary persons." When can a person bring defamation proceedings? - correct answer when person A has published the statement to someone other than Person B when the publication of a statement has caused or is likely to cause serious harm to the reputation of B. a business can sue if a defamatory statement is likely to cause financial loss. innuendo - correct answer = a statement which may seem innocuous (not harmful) to some people but is defamatory to people with special knowledge. e.g. sleep corner - brothel what must a defamation claimant prove? - correct answer publication identification defamation whether what was published would reasonably lead people acquainted with the claimant to believe they were the person being referred to ☆ what are the limitations? - correct answer In Scotland, a claimant must bring defamation action within a year. a public authority can't sue. the dead can't sue. what are the defamation defences? - correct answer truth defence honest opinion defence