Joe Is a Publisher for a Newspaper and Relied on Harry's

question 147

Essay

Joe is a publisher for a newspaper and relied on Harry's account when he published an article stating that a councillor, Sam, had been caught making indecent telephone calls. It turned out later that Joe had misunderstood, and it was someone else that had made the calls. Sam sued for defamation. Will he succeed?

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