What is the test for fair comment in defamation law?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Leech v. Leader Publishing Co., Ltd., 1926 CanLII 159 (SK CA):
And in Walker v. Hodgson [1909] 1 K.B. 239, at p. 253, 78 L.J.K.B. 193, Buckley, L.J., says: Fair comment does not negative defamation, but establishes a defence to any action founded on defamation.
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