1 Responsibility for publication.E+W+S+N.I.(1)In defamation proceedings a person has a defence if he shows that—
(a)he was not the author, editor or publisher of the statement complained of,
(b)he took reasonable care in relation to its publication, and
(c)he did not know, and had no reason to believe, that what he did caused or contributed to the publication of a defamatory statement.