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improper purpose [2 records]

Record 1 2001-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

A qualified privilege will be lost if the defamatory statement is published for an improper purpose. That is, the immunity is defeated by the misuse of the privileged occasion for some other purpose than that for which it was given by law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

fin illégitime : Dans le contexte de la diffamation.

Spanish

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