What is the test for damages for libel against the Church of Scientology?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Miceli v. Swinton, 2019 ONSC 2926 (CanLII):
The second reason is that general damages are presumed from the publication of the libel: see Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto, 1995 CanLII 59 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130, at para. 164.
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