What are the damages awarded in defamation cases?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sarachman v. Whitehead, 2011 ONSC 2946 (CanLII):
I have considered the damages rendered by our courts in the numerous decisions provided to me by counsel. It is clear that the damages awarded in defamation cases are fact driven. I have considered other cases in which unelected public officials were defamed, all of which were considered by McCartney J. in MacRae v. Santa, 2006 CarswellOnt 5839 at paragraph 43.
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