What is the meaning of the fair comment defence?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kamloops-Cariboo Regional Immigrants Society v. Herman, 2015 BCSC 886 (CanLII):
The meaning of the fair comment defence has been considered by courts to be somewhat misleading, as Burke J. discussed in Weaver v. Corcoran, 2015 BCSC 165, at para 192:
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