What statements may be found to have been made on the occasion of qualified privilege?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Brissette v. Cactus Club Cabaret Ltd., 2016 BCSC 459 (CanLII):
Statements may be found to have been made on the occasion of qualified privilege where a person has a public or private duty or interest to communicate the information to one or more recipients with a corresponding interest to receive that information. The law does not require either blandness or accuracy as a condition of successfully invoking the privilege: Ward v. Clark, 2001 BCCA 724.
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