Fair comment is a legal term for a common law defense in defamation cases (libel or slander). It is referred to as honest comment in some countries. In...

justification) is an absolute defence to defamation in all common law provinces. Fair comment refers to any opinion fairly made on a matter of public interest. The...

Allowable defences are justification, honest opinion (previously known as fair comment), and privilege. A defamatory statement is presumed to be false, unless...

argument, would likely be considered mere vulgar abuse and not defamatory. Fair comment: Statements made with an honest belief in their soundness on a matter...

the facts upon which the comment was based. The comment must be fair. The test is whether it was an honest or genuine comment, relevant and without malice...

instrumental in establishing and confirming the right of the press to fair comment. The Cherry Sisters' vaudeville act, Something Good, Something Sad, was...

consistent with comment, for which 17 U.S.C. § 107 provides fair use protection. ... It is undisputed that Hoehn posted the entire work in his comment on the Website...

repealed. The common law defence of fair comment is abolished; as such, section 6 of the Defamation Act 1952 (fair comment) is repealed. The common law defence...

include the statement being one of opinion rather than fact or being "fair comment and criticism", though neither of these are imperatives on the US constitution...

should therefore be given the fair and balanced reading that befits remedial legislation." Professor Carys Craig has commented that a liberal approach "acknowledges...

the article was defamatory, but that the jury could consider it as "fair comment" rather than a factual statement. The jury found for Postgate, and he...

[1997] 3 NZLR 590 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding the defence of fair comment / honest opinion to a claim involving defamation In the aftermath of...

that derogatory statements are false, the difficulty of establishing fair comment and "the caprice of juries and the malice of judges." Wheatcroft contrasts...

editor on The Sun News-Pictorial in Melbourne. She began a column titled "Fair Comment", which became well known. She retired from The Sun News-Pictorial in...

John Tillman (11 July 2001). "Must the defamation defence of 'fair comment' be 'fair'". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014...

Simon Singh won his court appeal for the right to rely on the defence of fair comment. On 15 April 2010, the BCA officially withdrew its lawsuit, ending the...

[1970] NZLR 1089 is a cited case in New Zealand regarding the defence of fair comment / honest opinion to a claim involving defamation. News Media's newspaper...

11 March 1851 History - archived ridgways.co.uk page History - Premier Brands USA Fair Comment: Summer 1998 - Fairtrade commentary on Ridgways relaunch...

 58–59. "Fair Play Asked In World's Fair". New York Amsterdam News. March 10, 1962. p. A3. ProQuest 2293405245; "Moses Has No Comment On World Fair Bias Rap"...

advice to his client. The jury found the broadcast defamatory, but also fair comment and Jameson had to pay costs, receiving a bill for £41,342.50 from Carter-Ruck...

in Court 1 at the Royal Courts of Justice. The judges ruled it was fair comment to say that McDonald's employees worldwide "do badly in terms of pay...

Singh's comments were an assertion of fact and instead ruled that Singh was entitled to defend his comments as legally permissible fair comment. BCA withdrew...

the network's judgment, "her remarks ... were not within the bounds of fair comment." Blues guitarist Eric Clapton appeared on the show with a new group...

believe, and certainly nothing I have done, overstepped any boundaries of fair comment on a book and an author who stepped into the public arena with enthusiasm...

to artistic works, genuine academic or scientific purposes, fair reporting, and fair comment on matters of public interest. Cases and determinations in...

leading decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on the use of a defence of fair comment against an action for libel. An action for libel was brought by a Morris...

believe, and certainly nothing I have done, overstepped any boundaries of fair comment on a book and an author who stepped into the public arena with enthusiasm...

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America is a 2003 historical non-fiction book by Erik Larson presented...

World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the...

make such the case. Opinion privilege has its roots in the common law fair comment doctrine. Opinion based on fact is not protected qua opinion, if the...