What are the damages available to a plaintiff in a defamation case?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Holden v Hanlon, 2019 BCSC 622 (CanLII):
In a defamation case, “the damages which are available to [a plaintiff] are damages at large not requiring [a plaintiff] to prove actual loss or injury”: John v. Kim, 2007 BCSC 1224 at para. 94.
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