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section 6.4 |
no publicatuon of defamatory statement is published to the person who it relates to or a different person where: it was not intended to be published to the second mentioned person it was not reasonably forseeable that the publication would be published to the second mentioned person. |
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GODFREY V DEMON INTERNET LTD |
although D had not written the defamatory statement he chose to store it against P's will. |
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TAMIZ V GOOGLE INC |
if D allows a statement to remain on the website after it has been notified about it, D could be the publisher |
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O'Brien v Associated Newspapers |
P was a business man and it was said all the ffort he put into helping Haiti after the earthquake was self motivated. This was defamatory. injuring a persons reputation is defamaotry |
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De Rossa v Independant Newspaper |
P was a leader of a political party and D made false allegations of where he got his support. these allegations made him look like he supported crime and other bad stuff. Injuring a persons rep is defamatory bro. |
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WATTERS V INDEPENDANTS STAR LTD |
Might not be defamatory to call a person gay |
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Hickey v Sunday Newspaper |
Could be mere vulgar abuse. depends on the circumstances and context in which the words are used. |
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FULLAM V ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS |
Injuring a persons reputation and false innuendo |
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TOLLEY V FRY AND SONS LTD |
False innuendo. picture of him with a bar in his back pockket with the lable clearly showing. looks like he prostitutes himself. this is bad because he is an amateur golfer. |
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NEWSTEAD V LONDON EXPRESS NEWSPAPER |
Reasonable care. Article published about a guy who lived in some place with teh same name as a guy who lived in the same place. Article posted about another guy but people thought it was him. this was held to be defamatory. it was no defence that the words were true and intended to refer to another. |
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KIRCKWOOD HACKETT V TIERNEY |
Qualified privilege. President of UCD made a defamatory statement about a student in the presence of a colllege secretary. |
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Reynolds v Times Newspaper |
defamatory statement publisehd about the toaisheach albert reynolds. |
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Reynolds Test |
Qualified Privilege. 1- is the matter commented on in the publics interest 2- had "appropriate steps" been taken to gather information in a responsible and fair manner. |