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Can you defame the dead?

21-02-2017 3:37pm

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#2 21-02-2017 3:38pm

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You cant

Libel and Slander no longer exist in any event.

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#4 21-02-2017 3:42pm

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Could you defame the estate, by defaming the dead.

For example suggesting a recently departed writer was a pedophile resulting in a loss of sales of his work?

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#5 21-02-2017 3:50pm

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Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Could you defame the estate, by defaming the dead.

For example suggesting a recently departed writer was a pedophile resulting in a loss of sales of his work?

Once again no.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2009/act/31/section/39/enacted/en/html#sec39

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#6 21-02-2017 3:56pm

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My understanding is that some damages may be possible where the deceased was trading as a company with a trademark and that company and trademark still exist after their death. However that's not defamation, so the same rules don't apply.

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