Defamation Act 1992

Causes of action

7: Single publication to constitute one cause of action

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"One bad publication is one court case, no matter how many mean things it says"

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If you are taking someone to court for defamation, it is one case even if what they said or wrote has many bad things about you. This is because the court looks at the whole publication as one thing, not each bad comment separately. You can only have one court case for one publication, no matter what it says about you.

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Part 1Causes of action

7Single publication to constitute one cause of action

  1. Proceedings for defamation based on a single publication constitute one cause of action, no matter how many imputations the published matter contains.