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Chapter 17: Defamation
Test Bank
Type: MC
Title: Chapter 17 Question 01
1) What interest is protected by the tort of defamation?
a. A person’s bodily integrity
Page reference: 17.6
a. ‘I honestly believed what I said was true.’
b. ‘What I said was true in substance and fact.’
c. ‘I made my statement in the course of a debate in the House of Lords.’
d. ‘I thought the recipient ought to know the information.’
Type: MC
Title: Chapter 17 Question 07
7) Which of the following is not a defence in defamation? Please select all that apply.
Page reference: 17.6
a. Honest comment
b. Publication in a matter of private interest
c. Absolute privilege
d. The statement was published in a peer-reviewed scientific or academic journal
Type: MT
Title: Chapter 17 Question 08
8) For each of the following cases, complete the case name.
Feedback: These are some of the key defamation cases. You will come across them at a number of points in the chapter on defamation.
Section reference: chapter 17
a. Reynolds v = Times Newspapers
b. Joseph v = Spiller
c. Tolley = JF Fry & Sons Ltd
d. British Chiropractic Association = Singh
Type: TF
Title: Chapter 17 Question 09
9) The enactment of Defamation Act 2013 means that the previous case law on defamation is now irrelevant.
a. False
Feedback: False. Though the Defamation Act 2013 repeals a number of the common law defences replacing them with statutory defences, the Explanatory Notes to the 2013 Act state that in cases of uncertainty case law may ‘constitute a helpful but not binding guide to interpreting how the new statutory defence should be applied’ [18]. It is important to know what the Defamation Act 2013 says. We have annotated the Act in section 17.10 (also available to download and print from the ORC).
Section reference: 17.1
b. True
Feedback: True. Though the Defamation Act 2013 repeals a number of the common law defences replacing them with statutory defences, the Explanatory Notes to the 2013 Act state that in cases of uncertainty case law may ‘constitute a helpful but not binding guide to interpreting how the new statutory defence should be applied’ [18]. It is important to know what the Defamation Act 2013 says. We have annotated the Act in section 17.10 (also available to download and print from the ORC).
Section reference: 17.1