Claire Required a Reference for a New Job

question 13

Multiple Choice

Claire required a reference for a new job. She asked for a letter from her former employer, Alice. Alice wrote that Claire was honest, hard-working, intelligent and pleasant, and would do best in a job with considerable direction and supervision. Since Claire had applied for work in outside sales, she was turned down as the job needed an independent self-starter. Claire sued Alice for libel.

• A) Alice could successfully argue that she had written the letter in good faith and only said what she honestly believed to be true.
• B) Even if what Alice said was true, Claire will win since, if she was not willing to write only positive things, Alice should have declined to write at all.
• C) Alice could successfully raise the defence of absolute privilege.
• D) Unless Alice can prove the truth of what she wrote, Claire will win.
• E) Alice's freedom of speech must be protected even at the expense of Claire's right to protect her reputation so, even if Alice was not being totally truthful, Claire will lose.

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