• Personal Injury Law
• Social Media
• Facebook
• Facebook defamation

Simply to say that the allegation you make is the truth is NOT Enough.

In a defamation action between two parties where the one (A) has defamed the other (B); the defending party (A) can raise the defence of TRUTH ie “what I said was the truth.”

This does NOT necessarily apply to social media defamation.

 Let us take an example:

Perhaps you are engaged in a bitter dispute. Perhaps it’s a fight over money, a business venture gone awry, a family feud, or a messy divorce, a disaffected employee, or perhaps a vengeful neighbour.

 You decide to resort to Social Media “to tell the truth” about your nemesis. You feel totally safe doing so – after all, our Constitution protects our rights to free speech, the Internet is a bastion of Freedom of Information, nothing said online is “real”, and anyway who can object to you telling the truth? Wrong!

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• South Africa Law
• Legal Advice
• Online Legal Advice
• Personal Injury Law

If you have been injured in an accident; whether it is a motor vehicle accident or some other type of accident; you may well have a civil claim for damages.

This claim could be against the driver of the other vehicle or his/her third party insurer, in the case of a motor car accident.

In other circumstances; you could have a claim for injuries sustained by you against the person who caused those injuries through their negligent or intentional actions.

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