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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

repealed. The common law defence of fair comment is abolished; as such, section 6 of the Defamation Act 1952 (fair comment) is repealed.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

in "fair comment". The instructions to the jury, however, stated that the defendants would be guilty if the comment would not be held by a "fair-minded"...

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

[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...

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...

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...

[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...

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

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...

The counter-argument is that the wargamer(s) know who is going to win. Fair comment, but knowing the outcome of any battle does not usually prevent one from...

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...

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

been homophobic but her article was protected under the principle of fair comment. On 29 April 2019, Dugdale announced she would be resigning as an MSP...

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...

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

the program did defame Mr Richard Carleton and two colleagues, it was fair comment and no damages were awarded." In 2022, Media Watch ran a piece about...

 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"...

concluded that Mair defamed Simpson and couldn't rely on the defence of fair comment. In 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Mair had, in fact, defamed...

to 17,000 copies within four months (Sept. - Dec. 1953) is itself a fair comment on the merit of Zhou’s book. The present author is indebted to Mr. Chou...

overcooked garlic prawns and lemon sole. Schofield and Fairfax claimed fair comment and truth as their defences. Witnesses (including Spode) claimed to have...

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...

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...