2 S.C.R. 420) United Kingdom Fletcher-Moulton LJ said in Hunt v Star Newspaper [1908] 2 KB 309, Tab 3, at 319-320, CA: In Branson v Bower [2002] QB 737, at p 748, para 29, Eady J said: Whether the comment is fair, Diplock J (as Lord Diplock then was) said in a summing up to jury in Silkin v. Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd. and Another [1958] 1 WLR 743, Tab 5, at 749: In relation to malice in the context of fair comment (which is different from the malice in the context of qualified privilege), Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead NPJ said in Albert Cheng v Tse Wai Chun (2000) 3 HKCFAR 339 at p 360I to 361D: The common law defence of fair comment in an action for defamation was abolished in England and Wales by the Defamation Act 2013, replaced with the statutory defence of honest opinion. References External links dictionary law.com Media Libel University of Houston [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=376&invol=254 Opinion: "New York Times Co. v. Sullivan] Further reading Crawford, Michael G. The Journalist's Legal Guide'', Carswell, 2002 Legal terminology Defamation