OCCASIONS OF QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE

• Date: 06 February 2019

"Regarding the defence of "qualified privilege" we once more went to Gatley on Libel and Slander, 7th Edition to see what the basic principle were. The introductory paragraph (441) of the chapter on qualified privilege at p. 186 reads as follows: - "There are occasions upon which on grounds of public policy and convenience, a person may, without incurring legal liability, make statements about another which are defamatory and in fact untrue. (Watt v. Longsdon (1930) 1 K.B. 130, 142 (C.A.). On such occasions a man, stating what he believes to be the truth about another, is protected in so doing, provided he makes the statement...