Summary: Defamation - Statements contained in a newspaper - Whether statements defamatory - Test is objective - Ordinary reasonable reader - Strict liability renounced - Defences and justification - Reasonableness of conduct - Proof of absence of negligence or unlawfulness - Role of the press in democratic society - Public interest - Freedom of expression must yield to the individual's right - Award not to punish the media but to compensate the victim.
