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Injurious falsehood is a bit like defamation.

Defamation is described elsewhere in this guide as the making of a false statement which causes you loss of reputation. Injurious falsehood however has to be injurious but unlike defamation it does not have to be derogatory.

For example, if somebody says that such and such a person is much better at rugby than football, then there is nothing defamatory about that because there's absolutely nothing wrong with being good at rugby. On the other hand if the individual concerned is a football player then the allegation is probably false and if done deliberately might lead to making a loss, e.g., by the player concerned not being able to move to a better club, or whatever. So in that instance it wouldn't be a defamatory statement, but it might be a statement that qualifies for compensation under a malicious falsehood.

A lawyer will be able to advise you all about this.