Can a witness be sued in a judicial proceeding?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Griffith v. Cox, 2003 BCSC 1039 (CanLII):
Secondly, no action could lie against a witness in judicial proceedings: See Geyer v. Merritt and Gouge (1979), a decision of Legg, J. DISCUSSION AND DECISION
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