What is the effect of publishing defamatory words in a libel notice?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Baumann v. Turner, 1993 CanLII 6860 (BC CA):
That can only be so if one concludes as a matter of fact that he published the defamatory words not for the reasons which justify the privilege, but for some indirect or wrong motive (see Clark v. Molyneux, supra, at p. 247).
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