If you are in a court case about defamation, you must say if you think what you said is true. You also must say if you think your opinion is honest. You have to say these two things separately.
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In any proceedings for defamation, where the defendant intends to rely on a defence of truth and on a defence of honest opinion, the defendant shall plead each of those defences separately.
