Tag: truth and public benefit

Defaming employee considered: Was there publication?

by GilesFiles | Aug 12, 2025 | 2020 onwards, Applications, Associations/corporates, Bill of Rights, Causes and defences, Costs, Courts, Declaratory, Delict, High Court, High Court judges, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Legal Practice, Legislation, Orders, Parties, Personal services, Refused, Sectors, Special pleas, Topics | 0 |

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Defamatory statements penalised: Lawyer protected

by GilesFiles | Apr 26, 2021 | 2020 onwards, AB1 - Fairness principle or concept, Applications, BCEA 77(3) & 77A(e), Causes and defences, Courts, Damages, Delict, Evidence & onus, Exceptions/special pleas, High Court, High Court judges, Insights, Judges, Legal Practice, Orders, Special pleas, Topics | 0 |

Katz v Welz (Chaucer Publications) Defamatory statements made and published concerning a prominent attorney penalised in an action for damages which is one that seeks to protect the personal rights of persons, including the...