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In a defamation claim, can a corporate entity claim damages for loss of reputation?

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Published on: 05 January 2016
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In short, a corporate entity can bring a Claim in Defamation for damage to their corporate or business reputation as long as the damage has resulted in (or is likely to result in) serious financial loss. A corporate entity cannot recover Damages for hurt feelings, because a corporate entity has no feelings to hurt: see Duncan and Neill on Defamation, Chapter 25 Damages, Damages

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A portmanteau term covering both libel and slander.

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