What is the defence of justification in a defamation action?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Simans v. Burnaby (City), 2014 BCSC 2442 (CanLII):
The issues raised in this email have also been addressed above. As well, while defamation can be established by publication to at least one person other than the plaintiffs, the evidence is that this statement was sent to only that one person (Michie v. Guthrie-Waters, 2012 BCSC 793). In any event, assuming the statement here is defamatory, I find the defence of justification applies for the reasons given above on the same issues.
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