In what circumstances have courts found defamatory statements made by a board of trustees in a defamation action?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Pierce v. Jivraj, 2013 BCSC 320 (CanLII):

In Lane v. Board of School Trustees of School District 68 (Nanaimo- Ladysmith), 2006 BCSC 129, Tysoe, J. concluded regarding one of the allegedly defamatory statements:

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