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Defamation: Fair Comment and Letters to the Editor, Final Report 35
This report is concerned about the law as it has stood since the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Chernesky v Armadale Publishers Ltd. and King [1978]6 WWR 618. It reviews the existing law of defamation, fair comment, the media, and the effect of the Chernesky decision and proposes twos changes to existing legislation. The law laid down by the Cherneskey case places a publisher in greater jeopardy for publishing opinions of others, […]
| TAGS | damage, defamation, fair comment, libel, media, newspaper, reputation, slander |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr035.pdf |
| ENACTMENT |
The Defamation Amendment Act, 1980, SA 1980, c 11 (now Defamation Act, RSA 2000, c D-7, s 9). |
October 1, 1979