What is the test for using the term “at large” in the context of damages for defamation?
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
The following excerpt is from Campbell v. Tremblay, 2010 NLCA 62 (CanLII):
Lord Hailsham of St. Marylebone in Broome v. Cassell suggested as follows at page 1073: “The expression ‘at large’ should be used in general to cover all cases where awards of damages may include elements for loss of reputation, injured feelings, bad or good conduct by either party, or punishment, and where in consequence no precise limit can be set.”
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