Chapter 20 Self-test questions

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. The Defamation Act 2013 says that a statement is not defamatory unless it has caused, or is likely to cause, serious ____ to a claimant's reputation.

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. 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 offence in the estimation of a group of people correct incorrect

breach a reasonable expectation of privacy correct incorrect

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

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. The judge in a defamation case will rule that the statement complained of has just one meaning. What is the test in law that they will consider when deciding what the words mean?

As they would be understood by a 'man on the street' correct incorrect

The 'pub test' - what would be understood by a group of average people in the pub correct incorrect

What a 'tabloid reader' would think they mean correct incorrect

What an 'ordinary reasonable reader' would think they mean correct incorrect

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. 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

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. 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 ______'.

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