Can a person who reads a libel notice be allowed to give evidence as to who it refers to?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Arnott v. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan, 1953 CanLII 183 (SK QB):
I also refer to Kirkpatrick v. Mills (1898) 30 NSR 426, where at p. 428 Ritchie, J. speaking for the court, held that a person reading the libel for the first time in court could give evidence as to whom he thought the libel referred to. In the circumstances of the case at bar and in the light of the authorities there is, in my opinion, ample evidence to justify the jury in holding that the words complained of were aimed at the plaintiff, though his name was not specifically mentioned therein.
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