How have damages been calculated in a defamation action brought by the Church of Scientology?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Demenuk v. Dhadwal, 2013 BCSC 2111 (CanLII):
In assessing general damages, as was the case in Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto, supra, the injury caused to the feelings of the plaintiff and the plaintiff's grief are to be taken into account. In that case, great pains were taken to set out the effect of the defamation on the plaintiff.
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