Hunter v. Chandler
From Ad IDEM / CMLA
The British Columbia Supreme Court applied the new libel defence of Responsible Communication in a non-media case. On this occasion, the defence is unsuccessful.
See: Hunter v. Chandler
See also a case comment by Michael Skene and Jeffrey Locke:HOW MUCH TROUBLE ARE YOU IN WHEN YOU CANNOT PROVE WHAT YOU PUBLISHED? RECENT APPLICATIONS OF THE NEW RESPONSIBLE COMMUNICATION DEFENCE IN BC Hunter v. Chandler and Shavluk v. Green Party of Canada