Part 1Causes of action
7Single publication to constitute one cause of action
Proceedings for defamation based on a single publication constitute one cause of action, no matter how many imputations the published matter contains.


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