Preface Table of Cases Table of Statutes Table of Statutory Instruments Table of Civil Procedure Rules Table of Practice Directions Table of National Legislation Table of European and International Conventions and Treaties Table of European Directives Table of European Regulations PART ONE THE DEFAMATORY STATEMENT 1. INTRODUCTION 1. Introductory 2. Defamation and the Law of Torts 2. DEFAMATORY IMPUTATIONS 1. What is Defamatory 2. Standard of Opinion 3. Instances of Defamatory Imputations 3. The Form AND Meaning OF THE DEFAMATORY STATEMENT 1. Form 2. The Distinction Between Libel and Slander 3. Interpretation 4. SLANDERS ACTIONABLE PER SE 1. General 2. Criminal Offences 3. Words Imputing a Contagious Disease 4. Words Calculated to Disparage in any Office, Profession, Calling, Trade or Business 5. Words Imputing Unchastity to Female 5. SLANDER ACTIONABLE ONLY ON PROOF OF SPECIAL DAMAGE 6. PUBLICATION 1. General Principles 2. Publication 3. Particular Publishers and Distributors 4. Republication and Repetition 7. IDENTITY OF THE PERSON DEFAMED 1. Reference to the Claimant 2. Intention to Refer to Claimant 3. Claimant Member of a Class 8. PARTIES: WHO MAY SUE OR BE SUED 1. General 2. Diplomatic Agents and Foreign Sovereigns 3. Foreign Subjects and Companies 4. Bankrupts and Insolvent Companies 5. Minors 6. Married Persons 7. Deceased Persons and Representatives 8. Mentally Disordered and Drunken Persons 9. Corporations and Governmental Bodies 10. Trade Unions 11. Firms 12. Unincorporated Associations 13. Vicarious Liability 9. REMEDIES I. Compensatory ��General�� Damages 2. Aggravated Damages 3. Exemplary Damages 4. Multiple Parties 5. Injunctions PART TWO DEFENCES 10. DEFENCES: GENERAL 11. JUSTIFICATION ��TRUTH�� 12. FAIR COMMENT 1. Introduction 2. Comment 3. A Matter of Public Interest 4. Concurrent Tortfeasors ���� PART THREE OTHER CAUSES OF ACTION AND RELATED MATTERS PART FOUR THE A CTION