Media Law: Qualified Privilege

This blog post will be shorter than many others, as I have found a link that explains Qualified Privilege better than I ever could:

http://www.yourrights.org.uk/yourrights/right-of-free-expression/defamation/qualified-privilege.html

The bullet points at the bottom are known as the 10-point test, and are very important in journalism, as any publication that follows every point can use qualified privilege as a defence.