2015 May 28

Kent v. Martin, 2015 ABQB 315

The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench ordered the defendants to produce to the plaintiff certain emails from the defendant Martin to the CBC and J-Source seeking changes to stories which Martin considered could injure his own reputation. The Court concluded the emails were relevant and material at the discovery stage, because they raised the issue of whether, by refusing to grant the plaintiff similar treatment in removing or apologizing for National Post stories, the emails provided circumstantial evidence of malice.