Difference between revisions of "Defamation: Libel and Slander"

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If a person tells someone that you cheat in your business dealings, then you probably do have a good reason to sue, as long as he says it to someone else, not just to you.
If a person tells someone that you cheat in your business dealings, then you probably do have a good reason to sue, as long as he says it to someone else, not just to you.


Defamation can be a crime under the ''Criminal Code'', but only rarely. This script is about civil, not criminal, defamation. If someone has defamed you, you may also be able to sue for a violation of your privacy under the provincial ''Privacy Act''. Further, section 7 of the BC ''Human Rights Code'' prohibits another type of defamation, namely, a discriminatory publication. For more information on that, contact the BC Human Rights Tribunal at 604.775.2000 in Vancouver and 1.888.440.8844 elsewhere in BC. Or see its website at [http://www.bchrt.bc.ca www.bchrt.bc.ca]. Also, check script [[Human Rights and Discrimination Protection (Script 236)|236]], called “Human Rights and Discrimination Protection”.
Defamation can be a crime under the ''Criminal Code'', but only rarely. This script is about civil, not criminal, defamation. If someone has defamed you, you may also be able to sue for a violation of your privacy under the provincial ''[http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96373_01 Privacy Act]''. Further, [http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96210_01#section7 section 7] of the BC ''[http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96210_01 Human Rights Code]'' prohibits another type of defamation, namely, a discriminatory publication. For more information on that, contact the [http://www.bchrt.bc.ca/ BC Human Rights Tribunal] at 604.775.2000 in Vancouver and 1.888.440.8844 elsewhere in BC. Also, check script [[Human Rights and Discrimination Protection (Script 236)|236]], called “Human Rights and Discrimination Protection”.


==What is libel?==
==What is libel?==
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