What is the test used to prove that a word is defamatory?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Peterson v Deck, 2021 BCSC 1670 (CanLII):
As set out by Mr. Justice Hinkson, as he then was, in Lawson v. Baines, 2012 BCCA 117 at para. 13, there are three alternative means of proving words are defamatory:
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