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Toogood v Spyring

(1834) 1 Cr M & R 181; 149 ER 1044
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Exchequer
Year1834
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A defamatory communication is protected by qualified privilege where it is made in the discharge of a public or private duty, or in protection of an interest, to a person with a corresponding duty or interest, absent actual malice.

Area of Law

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