Defamation

2. The statement must have reached at least one person other than the parties involved
6. privilege The defence that protects comments made in parliament or a court of law
8. The number of years a plaintiff generally has to initiate a defamation claim
9. Defence used if the defamatory statement is considered minor in nature and unlikely to cause serious harm
10. A defence used when the defendant can prove the statements are substantially true
13. The specific term for spoken defamatory statements
15. Defamatory statements are those that lower a person's reputation in the eyes of the community, leaving them open to _____

1. A 2020 reform requires plaintiffs to prove they have suffered, or are likely to suffer, _____ harm to their reputation
3. dissemination The defence that protects bookshop owners or newsagents who unknowingly sell defamatory material
4. Even if a plaintiff is not named, they can be successful if the community recognises them through specific _____ in the statement
5. The specific term for written defamatory statements
7. opinion The defence used when a defendant provides a genuine review based on their actual experience e.g., restaurant review
11. The surname of the Australian lawyer awarded $750,000 in damages over a bogus Google review
12. Defamation law aims to balance the right to free expression with a person's right to a good _____
14. A non-financial remedy that a plaintiff may seek in addition to damages to help restore their damaged reputation