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Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002
136Defence of contextual truth
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136 Defence of contextual truth
(a) the matter carried 1 or more imputations that are substantially
true (contextual imputations); and
(b) any defamatory imputations of which the plaintiff complains
that are not contextual imputations and are also carried by the
matter do not further harm the reputation of the plaintiff because
of the substantial truth of the contextual imputations.
(2) The contextual imputations on which the defendant may rely to
establish the defence include imputations of which the plaintiff
complains.