Can a statement be defamatory?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Fouad v. Longman, 2014 BCSC 785 (CanLII):

A statement is held to be defamatory if: (1) the impugned words were defamatory; (2) the words referred to the claimant; and (3) the words were published: Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61 at para. 28.

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