How will a Defendant be held liable for the publication of an opinion in a defamation case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Blanchette v. Mullins, 2007 CanLII 23329 (ON SC):
A Defendant will be held liable, regardless of his degree of fault, so long as the act of publication is intentional or negligent. See: McNichol v. Grandy, 1931 CanLII 99 (SCC), [1931] S.C.R. 696. This principle will apply unless the Defendant can succeed on one of the recognized defences.
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