Can malice defeat the assertion of absolute privilege?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hansra v Joss, 2021 BCSC 805 (CanLII):
In arguing that malice defeats, or can defeat, the assertion of absolute privilege, the plaintiff relied on passages from Dechant v. Stevens, 2001 ABCA 39 [Dechant], which was wrongly cited at 2001 BCCA 39, to the following effect:
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