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Defamation Bill 2006

Thirdfox · 2006-07-14 04:35:47

So what does everyone think? http://www.justice.ie/80256E010039C5AF/vWeb/flJUSQ6REJAY-en/$File/DefamationBill06.pdf Having just read down to the definitions part I noticed what could be a big shift in the attitude of the law: “defamatory statement” means a statement that tends to injure a person’s reputation in the eyes of…

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So what does everyone think?

http://www.justice.ie/80256E010039C5AF/vWeb/flJUSQ6REJAY-en/$File/DefamationBill06.pdf

Having just read down to the definitions part I noticed what could be a big shift in the attitude of the law:

“defamatory statement” means a statement that tends to injure a person’s reputation in the
eyes of reasonable members of society, and “defamatory” shall be construed accordingly;

"reasonable" instead of "right-thinking"... does this mean that accusations of being homosexual etc. could be classified as defamatory? Couldn't it be conceived that a reasonable person will not be right-thinking in all circumstances?

Also as pointed out in the Divers Defamation thread slander and libel will be classified as defamation in the future - what about the special distinctions? Slander will be actionable per se, good thing?

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