Defamation

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

• Freedom of Expression

• Libel

• Distress damage feasant

• Conversion

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

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

Which case illustrates the concept of an innuendo?

• Berkoff v Burchill

• Tolley v JS Fry and Son

• Hulton v Jones

• Youssoupoff v MGM

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

Which section of the Defamation Act 2013 added the requirement that the statements must cause serious harm?

• S1

• S2

• S3

• S4

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

Which of the following is NOT a defence to defamation?

• Truth

• Consent

• Absolute privilledge

• Prescription

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