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→#Absolute privilege
A statement may hurt your reputation, but if it is true, anyone who says it has a valid defence if you sue them for defamation. They just have to prove, on the balance of probability, that their statement is true.
===#2. Absolute privilege===
People must be able to speak freely in our justice and political systems without worrying that someone may sue them. The 3 main examples of this defence are statements made: