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Fair comment is a legal term for a common law defense in defamation cases (libel or slander). It is referred to as honest comment in some countries.
Faircomment is a legal term for a common law defense in defamation cases (libel or slander). It is referred to as honest comment in some countries. In...
justification) is an absolute defence to defamation in all common law provinces. Faircomment refers to any opinion fairly made on a matter of public interest. The...
instrumental in establishing and confirming the right of the press to faircomment. The Cherry Sisters' vaudeville act, Something Good, Something Sad, was...
Allowable defences are justification, honest opinion (previously known as faircomment), and privilege. A defamatory statement is presumed to be false, unless...
the facts upon which the comment was based. The comment must be fair. The test is whether it was an honest or genuine comment, relevant and without malice...
argument, would likely be considered mere vulgar abuse and not defamatory. Faircomment: Statements made with an honest belief in their soundness on a matter...
Singh's comments were an assertion of fact and instead ruled that Singh was entitled to defend his comments as legally permissible faircomment. BCA withdrew...
consistent with comment, for which 17 U.S.C. § 107 provides fair use protection. ... It is undisputed that Hoehn posted the entire work in his comment on the Website...
repealed. The common law defence of faircomment is abolished; as such, section 6 of the Defamation Act 1952 (faircomment) is repealed. The common law defence...
include the statement being one of opinion rather than fact or being "faircomment and criticism", though neither of these are imperatives on the US constitution...
John Tillman (11 July 2001). "Must the defamation defence of 'faircomment' be 'fair'". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014...
Act. On 4 April, the court ruled that the wording of the message was faircomment and dismissed the ANC's application with costs. The ANC was granted leave...
should therefore be given the fair and balanced reading that befits remedial legislation." Professor Carys Craig has commented that a liberal approach "acknowledges...
the article was defamatory, but that the jury could consider it as "faircomment" rather than a factual statement. The jury found for Postgate, and he...
11 March 1851 History - archived ridgways.co.uk page History - Premier Brands USA FairComment: Summer 1998 - Fairtrade commentary on Ridgways relaunch...
[1997] 3 NZLR 590 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding the defence of faircomment / honest opinion to a claim involving defamation In the aftermath of...
that derogatory statements are false, the difficulty of establishing faircomment and "the caprice of juries and the malice of judges." Wheatcroft contrasts...
editor on The Sun News-Pictorial in Melbourne. She began a column titled "FairComment", which became well known. She retired from The Sun News-Pictorial in...
On 4 April 2014, the court ruled that the wording of the message was faircomment and dismissed the ANC's application with costs. The ANC was granted leave...
[1970] NZLR 1089 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding the defence of faircomment / honest opinion to a claim involving defamation. News Media's newspaper...
Simon Singh won his court appeal for the right to rely on the defence of faircomment. On 15 April 2010, the BCA officially withdrew its lawsuit, ending the...
to artistic works, genuine academic or scientific purposes, fair reporting, and faircomment on matters of public interest. Cases and determinations in...
been homophobic but her article was protected under the principle of faircomment. On 29 April 2019, Dugdale announced she would be resigning as an MSP...
believe, and certainly nothing I have done, overstepped any boundaries of faircomment on a book and an author who stepped into the public arena with enthusiasm...
the network's judgment, "her remarks ... were not within the bounds of faircomment." Blues guitarist Eric Clapton appeared on the show with a new group...
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America is a 2003 historical non-fiction book by Erik Larson presented...