High Court of Zambia - 2006 August

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August 2006
Qualified privilege for reporting a public-health incident defeated the plaintiff's defamation claim in absence of malice.
Defamation – elements (reference, publication, defamatory imputation); Qualified privilege – public interest reporting on health-service failures; Malice – burden of proof; Aggravated/exemplary/special damages – proof and assessment.
17 August 2006