In what circumstances have courts considered privacy as a Charter value in the common law tort of defamation?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Elsner v. British Columbia (Police Complaint Commissioner), 2016 BCSC 1914 (CanLII):
In Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto, 1995 CanLII 59 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130 at para. 121, Mr. Justice Cory observed that the right to privacy has been accorded constitutional protection and should be considered as a Charter value in the development of the common law tort of defamation.
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