Chapter 20 Self-test questions

Juries are always used in defamation cases

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

Which of the following is a recognised definition of a defamatory statement? A statement which tends to.....

lower a person in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally correct incorrect

cause harm or offence correct incorrect

breach a reasonable expectation of privacy correct incorrect

interfere with the peace and comfort of a law-abiding person correct incorrect

What in defamation law is an inference?

An innuendo correct incorrect

A suggestion of financial dishonesty or impropriety correct incorrect

A statement with a secondary meaning which can be understood by someone without special knowledge correct incorrect

A slur of immorality understood only by acquaintances of the person referred to correct incorrect

In defamation law, a principle is that a defamatory meaning may be removed by the context in which it is published. This principle is known as 'bane and '______'.

Your response