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GET ACCESS NOWThere are two separate causes of action in respect of publication of defamatory matter: libel and slander. In general terms, libel is a defamatory publication conveyed in a permanent form, while slander is a defamatory publication conveyed in some non-permanent or transitory form.
The main distinction between the two is that libel is actionable per se, that is to say it is actionable without proof by the claimant that he has suffered damage, while slander is actionable only on proof of special damage, unless it falls within one of categories below; eg where the words:
• impute a crime for which the claimant can be punished by imprisonment;
• are calculated to disparage the claimant in any office, profession, calling, trade or business carried on by him at the time of the publication.
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