What is the judicial approach to determining whether qualified privilege should be recognized?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from DeGagne v. City of Williams Lake, 2015 BCSC 816 (CanLII):

In Fouad v. Longman, 2014 BCSC 785, Madam Justice Kloegman summarized the judicial approach for determining whether an occasion of qualified privilege should be recognized:

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