What is the test for publishing defamatory material?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Holden v Hanlon, 2019 BCSC 622 (CanLII):
Publication does not occur until “the defamatory matter is brought by the defendant or his agent to the knowledge and understanding of some person other than the plaintiff: McNichol v. Grandy, 1931 CanLII 99 (SCC), [1931] S.C.R. 696 at 704 [McNichol].
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