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Explain the four essential aspects of the defence of fair comment in an action for defamation.

      

Explain the four essential aspects of the defence of fair comment in an action for
defamation.

  

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Maurice
For the defence of fair comment to be sustainable it must be evident
that:
(i) The matter commented was one of public interest.

(ii) The statement was an opinion not as assertion of fact.

(iii) The opinion is based on facts.

(iv) The statement was not maliciously made.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on April 26, 2018 at 07:57


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