Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Defamation Act 2005 - SECT 26

Defence of contextual truth

26. Defence of contextual truth

It is a defence to the publication of defamatory matter if the defendant
proves that-

   (a)  the matter carried, in addition to the defamatory imputations of which
        the plaintiff complains, one or more other imputations (contextual
        imputations) that are substantially true; and

   (b)  the defamatory imputations do not further harm the reputation of the
        plaintiff because of the substantial truth of the contextual
        imputations.