What is the test for a libel action brought by a plaintiff against a defendant who published a libel notice containing defamatory content?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Level One Construction Ltd. v Burnham, 2018 BCSC 1354 (CanLII):
To prove the publication element, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant has, by any act, conveyed the defamatory meaning concerning the plaintiff to a third party, who has received it: Crookes v. Newton, 2011 SCC 47 at para. 16.
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