What are the general damages for defamation in defamation cases?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from 122164 Canada Limited v. C.M. Takacs Holdings Corp. et. al., 2012 ONSC 6338 (CanLII):
General damages in defamation cases are presumed from the very publication of the false statement and are awarded at large: Hill v. Church of Scientology, 1995 CanLII 59 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130 at para. 164.
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