There are two types of defamation, which of the following IS a type of defamation?
Defamation

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Tawney Bennett
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Freedom of Expression
Libel
Distress damage feasant
Conversion
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which is the correct test for establishing whether a statement is defamatory?
It lowers the reputation of the claimant in the minds of right-thinking people
It causes actual damage to a claimant’s character
It lowers the claimant’s expectations
It causes serious financial harm
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which case gave provided the test for establishing whether a statement was defamatory or not? The right-thinking person test.
Campbell v Mirror News Group
Youssopoff v MGM
Tolley v JS Fry
Sim v Stretch
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which case illustrates the concept of an innuendo?
Berkoff v Burchill
Tolley v JS Fry and Son
Hulton v Jones
Youssoupoff v MGM
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
For defamation the statement has to be published. What does this mean?
Published in the media
Broadcast on television or radio
Communicated to a third party
Peer-reviewed
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which section of the Defamation Act 2013 added the requirement that the statements must cause serious harm?
S1
S2
S3
S4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which defence would provide most beneficial to a secondary publisher of a defamatory statement who was not reasonably aware that they were publishing a defamatory statement?
Mistake
Qualified privilledge
Innocent dissemination
Unintentional defamation
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT a defence to defamation?
Truth
Consent
Absolute privilledge
Prescription
9.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which case has been reported as the longest running libel case in English history?
Moore v News of the World
McDonalds v Steel
David v Goliath
John v Mirror Group Newspapers
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