What is the defence of a defamatory word?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sankreacha v. Cameron J. and Beach Sales Ltd., 2018 ONSC 7216 (CanLII):
If words are defamatory, then there are two defences that are available to a defendant: justification and privilege. Justification means that the words are substantially true: Grant v. Torstar, at para. 33. Qualified privilege means that on the occasion that the communication was made, the person who made it had an interest or a legal social, or moral duty to make it.
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