CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 119 Distinction between slander and libel abolished
CIVIL LAW (WRONGS) ACT 2002 - SECT 119
Distinction between slander and libel abolished(1) The distinction at general law between slander and libel remains abolished.
(2) Accordingly, the publication of defamatory matter of any kind is actionable without proof of special damage.