Does qualified privilege apply in defamation cases?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Dalhousie University v. Aylward, 2010 NSSC 65 (CanLII):
As to qualified privilege, such is a defence that is available in actions for defamation and does not appear to me to have any application herein ( Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto 1995 CanLII 59 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130 (S.C.C.)).
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