How does the defence of a defamation defence rely on the sting of the impugned statement?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lougheed Estate v Wilson, 2017 BCSC 1366 (CanLII):
As noted, the defence turns on the sting of the impugned statement and whether it would have a different effect on a reader than the truth; see also Jay v. Hollinger, 2002 BCSC 1655 at para. 53, where McEwan J. stated that justification can only be assessed by comparing the sting of the published words with the effect of the actual facts.
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