The plaintiff, a law student, sued the defendant, a blogger and political commentator, for defamation arising from nine blog posts.
The posts related to a British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal hearing involving Maclean's magazine, where the plaintiff testified.
The defendant repeatedly called the plaintiff a 'liar' and an 'anti-Semite' in his posts.
The court found the words were defamatory and that the defences of justification, fair comment, and qualified privilege failed, largely due to factual inaccuracies and the defendant's express malice toward the plaintiff's perceived associate.
The court awarded the plaintiff $50,000 in general damages and $30,000 in aggravated damages, and ordered the removal of the defamatory words from the defendant's website.