Western Australian Current Acts

DEFAMATION ACT 2005 - SECT 10

10 .         No causes of action for defamation of, or against, deceased persons

                A person (including a personal representative of a deceased person) cannot assert, continue or enforce a cause of action for defamation in relation to —

            (a)         the publication of defamatory matter about a deceased person (whether published before or after his or her death); or

            (b)         the publication of defamatory matter by a person who has died since publishing the matter.