High Court evaluates defamation claims over a report on supply chain links to forced labor in the Uyghur region. Read the full case note for Libel Case Over Supply Chain Report on BeCivil.
Meanings will be considered defamatory at common law if they “substantially affect in an adverse manner the attitude of other people towards a Claimant, or have a tendency to do so”
This definition doesn’t consider the truth of the statement or even whether it is provable, merely whether it affects opinion.
AFAIU this ruling just means that the lawsuit can carry forward to substantive arguments.
I was also surprised about this, but I took this quote directly from the judgement in question. As I think about it, it starts to make more sense - literally, defamation is dis (break into pieces/remove/…) + famo (fame/reputation). The word itself only conveys that someone’s reputation was injured, not that it was injured unjustly. IIUC the words for “unjust defamation” are specifically libel and slander, under common law. I think it’s similar to how there’s “homicide” (the act of one person killing another) which can be legal (e.g. self-defense) or criminal (e.g. murder). At least that’s my understanding of it.
Same thing, defamation means that the one making the claim is unable to back them up with any evidence
I don’t think it does necessarily,
This definition doesn’t consider the truth of the statement or even whether it is provable, merely whether it affects opinion.
AFAIU this ruling just means that the lawsuit can carry forward to substantive arguments.
Under this logix, saying something true would also be defamation, as long as it hurts the opinion of somebody else. This doesn’t check out.
I was also surprised about this, but I took this quote directly from the judgement in question. As I think about it, it starts to make more sense - literally, defamation is dis (break into pieces/remove/…) + famo (fame/reputation). The word itself only conveys that someone’s reputation was injured, not that it was injured unjustly. IIUC the words for “unjust defamation” are specifically libel and slander, under common law. I think it’s similar to how there’s “homicide” (the act of one person killing another) which can be legal (e.g. self-defense) or criminal (e.g. murder). At least that’s my understanding of it.