Principle

TORT LAW — Defamation — Defence of Qualified Privilege — When Available; Displacement by Express Malice

Area of law
TORT LAW
Court
Supreme Court

Qualified privilege applies when publication is made in discharge of duty or protection of interest. The occasion prevents inference of malice. The defence is defeated by proof of actual malice. The principle applies to defamation law.

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