Seanad debates
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage
5:00 pm
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
Not at all. There is a great deal of difference between losing an action and committing perjury. The manner in which a court draws inferences from facts and resolves conflicts of fact does not necessarily involve the inference that one of the witnesses lied. A witness can be under a mistaken apprehension of the facts.
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