How do courts assess defamatory statements?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Canuck Security Services Ltd. v. Gill, 2013 BCSC 893 (CanLII):

In Wilson v. Switlo, 2011 BCSC 1287, Punnett J. described a two step process for assessing whether statements are defamatory. He said at para. 137:

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