Does a statement made in a quasi-judicial proceeding constitute absolute privilege?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Zanetti v. Bonnihon Enterprises Ltd., 2002 BCSC 1203 (CanLII):
The proposition that irrelevant and allegedly defamatory statements made or introduced in the quasi-judicial proceedings do not attract absolute privilege was expressly rejected in Kosendiak v. Parsons, [1993] B.C.J. No. 1579 at paragraph 23.
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