Can an oral statement be slanderous or libel?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Leech v. Leader Publishing Co., Ltd., 1926 CanLII 159 (SK CA):
The oral statement, by whomsoever it was made, was slanderous, and the printing and publishing of it by the defendant was libel. (McGregor v. Thwaites, 3 B. & C. 24).
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