Sentence examples for defence of justification from inspiring English sources
A policy which directly favours one racial group will constitute discrimination: the law provides no defence of justification.
The judge declined to strike out the defence of justification but did strike out the defence of fair comment.
"It is not difficult to envisage that, in legal proceedings to follow, individual soldiers will argue the defence of justification by reason of this legal advice," he added.
In Turcu's original appeal, court of appeal judge Lord Justice Keene said the News of the World's defence of justification was proved and made an order refusing Turcu permission to take the paper to court again, saying there was "no realistic prospect of a successful appeal".
Mr Gormley's claim is being resisted on the grounds of fair comment, qualified privilege and a further defence of justification.
"Equally, there is no defence of moral justification for killing, just as there is no defence of religious justification.
The defence was a plea of justification.
A new defence of truth would replace justification and a defence of honest opinion would replace fair comment.
Judge Simon also upheld the Sunday Times's justification defence of its allegation that Hunt threatened another man and that this probably allowed him to avoid prosecution.
Associated Newspapers claimed they had emails proving the link, and wanted to rely on a defence of fair comment and justification; Green asserted that the emails were fakes.
