Briefly summarize the facts in the above case and proceed to analyse requirements for the application of the Rule in above case as given both in Court of Exchequer and House of Lords

1.(a). Law of tort offers protection for a person from injury to his/her reputation. Defamation ispublication of a statement which tends to lower the reputation of the Plaintiff in theestimation of the right thinking members of the society. One of the requirements whichthe Plaintiff must prove is that the statement must be defamatory.